Anthony Petro
Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences at Boston University
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Anthony Petro is a Religion professor within Boston University’s College of Arts & Sciences. He specializes in Religion in America and Women and Gender Studies. His research and teaching interests include the history and politics of modern Christianity, especially the history of Protestantism and Catholicism in the United States; gender and sexuality studies; the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic; and religion, medicine, and public health.
His first book, After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion, investigates the history of American religious responses to the AIDS crisis and their role in the promotion of a national moral discourse on sex.
He co-chairs a five-year seminar called “Global Perspectives on Religion and HIV/AIDS” for the American Academy of Religion. In addition, he is developing a new project that examines the history of American Christian engagement with health and disability policy in the U.S. since the 1950s. It demonstrates how Christian leaders and activists have shaped cultural understandings of health and moral citizenship through debates about topics such as alcoholism, euthanasia, disability rights, vaccination, abortion, and the war on drugs.
Petro received his Ph.D. in Religion from Princeton University in 2011,
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Moral debate set off due to the AIDS crisis
December 29, 2015
North Dallas Gazette Anthony Petro, College of Arts & Sciences In 1993, the Reverend Billy Graham asked an audience rhetorically, “Is AIDS a judgment of God?” He then answered his own question: “I could not say for sure, but I think so.”… Expert quote: “We should understand how arguments about public health are never just […]
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Experts Media Alert – Pope Francis’ visit to Cuba and the U.S.
August 17, 2015
From Sept. 19-27, Pope Francis is scheduled for an historic visit to both Cuba and the United States. The pope‘s voyage to Cuba will reinforce the newly formed ties between the U.S. and Cuba. U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro credited Pope Francis with helping broker recent diplomatic talks between the two nations. While in the U.S., Pope Francis will address Congress […]
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How Richard Emmanuel became reverend of a church with a mission but no members
January 3, 2013
Boston Globe (subscription required) Carl Ruck, College of Arts & Sciences Anthony Petro, College of Arts & Sciences If you remember the Sixties, it’s been said, you weren’t really there… View article
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