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Diana Butler Bass
Bass in 2018
Born
Diana Hochstedt Butler

1959
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Spouse
Richard Bass
​
(m. 1997)​
(second husband)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisStanding Against the Whirlwind (1991)
Doctoral advisorGeorge Marsden
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-disciplineHistory of American Christianity
School or traditionLiberal Christianity
Institutions
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Diana Butler Bass

historian of Christianity and an advocate for progressive Christianity.[1]
She is the author of eleven books.

Bass earned a PhD in

The Huffington Post. She authored a Substack
newsletter, The Cottage.

Bass is associated with Sojourners[4] and is a member of the Episcopal Church.

Early life and education

Diana Butler Bass was born Diana Hochstedt Butler in 1959, in

evangelical. She attended Westmont College, a Christian college in Santa Barbara, California, from which she received a Bachelor of Arts
degree in 1981.

Bass received a

ecclesiastical history from Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary in 1986. Studying under the supervision of George Marsden,[3] she received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in religious studies from Duke University in 1991.[7] Her doctoral thesis was titled Standing Against the Whirlwind: The Evangelical Party in the 19th Century Protestant Episcopal Church.[3][2]

Following her first marriage,[8] she married Richard Bass on January 18, 1997.[9]

Career

Bass worked primarily as an academic for a decade before becoming an

University of California at Santa Barbara from 1995 to 1996, as a visiting assistant professor of religious studies at Macalester College from 1996 to 1997, and as an associate professor of religious studies at Rhodes College from 1997 to 2000. In 2002, the Lilly Endowment awarded Bass a major grant to support her research on mainline Protestant churches at Virginia Theological Seminary.[12]

Scholarship and writings

Bass's books range from a study of nineteenth-century evangelicalism (Standing Against the Whirlwind: Evangelical Episcopalians in Nineteenth-Century America) to a contemporary ethnography of mainline Protestantism (Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church Is Transforming the Faith) to theological explorations of contemporary life (Grounded and Grateful) to a spiritual memoir (Strength for the Journey: A Pilgrimage of Faith in Community), the latter of which records her growing dissatisfaction with conservative evangelicalism.

Speaking appearances

In 2005, Bass appeared on Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on PBS,[13] and was, along with Martin E. Marty, one of two scholars chosen to represent mainline Protestantism in The Life of Meaning: Reflections on Faith, Doubt, and Repairing the World, a book edited by the show's host, Bob Abernethy.

In 2015, she was one of the keynote speakers at the Parliament of the World's Religions, held in Salt Lake City.[14][15]

Awards and recognition

Two of her books, Strength for the Journey and Christianity for the Rest of Us, have been named among the best books of their respective years by

Wilbur Award as the best nonfiction book of the year from the Religion Communicators Council in 2017 and 2019, respectively.[7]

Her work has been covered by USA Today,[18] U.S. News & World Report,[19] Newsweek,[20] The Washington Post,[21] the Los Angeles Times,[22] and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, among others.[23]

List of written works

Notes

  1. ^ Pronounced /bæs/.

References

  1. ^ Elnes, Eric & Bass, Diana Butler (June 2011). Progressive Christianity: An Interview with Diana Butler Bass (video). Patheos.com. Retrieved August 7, 2022.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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    ISBN 978-0-268-15855-2
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  4. ^ "Diana Butler Bass | Sojourners: Celebrating 40 Years of Faith in Action for Social Justice". Sojo.net. February 16, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  5. ^ Price, Seth (March 17, 2018). "'Grateful' with Diana Butler Bass". Can I Say This at Church (Podcast). Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  6. ^ "Meet Diana Butler Bass". Kansas-Oklahoma Conference of the United Church of Christ. Archived from the original on April 16, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "About Diana | Diana Butler Bass". dianabutlerbass.com. August 24, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
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  12. ^ Bass, Diana Butler. "About Diana". DianaButlerBass.com. self-published. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  13. ^ "Diana Butler Bass Extended Interview | July 8, 2005 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly". PBS. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  14. ^ "Diana Butler Bass | parliamentofreligions.org". parliamentofreligions.org. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  15. ^ "Salt Lake 2015 Parliament". parliamentofreligions.org. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved March 4, 2020.
  16. ^ "Christianity for the Rest of Us". Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2007.[dead link]
  17. ^ "Apclergy - Book of the Year, Top Ten Books published in 2006". Archived from the original on August 25, 2007. Retrieved September 13, 2007.
  18. ^ Lynn, Cathy (November 1, 2006). "Some Protestant Churches Feeling 'Mainline' Again". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  19. ^ "Religion in America: Pumping life into mainline Protestantism" Archived October 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "Author: There's Hope for U.S. Protestant Churches - Newsweek Society - MSNBC.com". September 8, 2007. Archived from the original on September 8, 2007. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  21. ^ "Old-Time Religion For Mainline Churches". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  22. ^ "Los Angeles Times: Archives - Religion". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. September 20, 2003. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  23. ^ Rodgers, Ann (June 11, 2007). "She studies what makes churches thrive". Post-gazette.com. Retrieved June 28, 2014.

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