Diana Butler-Bass author A People's History of Christianity Christianity for the Rest of Us; The Practicing Congregation: Imagining a New Old Church; Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening (coming out in 2012) www.dianabutlerbass.com
Diana Butler Bass is an author, speaker, and independent scholar specializing in American religion and culture. She holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Duke University and is the author of eight books.
Currently a Chabraja Fellow with the SeaburyNEXT project at Seabury Western Theological Seminary, Diana regularly consults with religious organizations, leads conferences for religious leaders, and teaches and preaches in a variety of venues.She blogs at The Huffington Post and Patheos and regularly comments on religion, politics, and culture in the media including USA TODAY, Time, Newsweek, The Washington Post, CNN, FOX, PBS, and NPR.
Diana has taught at Westmont College, the University of California at Santa Barbara, Macalester College, Rhodes College, and the Virginia Theological Seminary. She has taught church history, American religious history, history of Christian thought, religion and politics, and congregational studies.
“Spiritual practices invite weary nomads to join the journey, to find home, to create a different kind of village, to enter the memory of Jesus. And practices serve as signposts along the way, pointing towards the tracings of others who have marked the Christian path. Without them, we would be lost.”
