Diana Butler Bass

Who is Diana Butler Bass?

Diana Butler Bass is a historian focusing on the history of Christianity and a leading voice in progressive Christianity. Bass is currently an independent scholar who writes broadly on American religion and culture. She is the author of eight books, three of which have won research or writing awards. She earned a Ph.D. in religious studies from Duke University in 1991 with an emphasis on American church history. While at Duke she studied under George Marsden. From 1995–2000, she wrote a weekly column on religion and culture for the New York Times Syndicate that appeared in more than seventy newspapers nationwide and has since become a popular commentator on American religion by other media outlets. Currently, she is a blogger for the God’s Politics blog with Jim Wallis at Beliefnet and is associated with Sojourners and the Red-Letter Christian movement.