Diana Butler Bass
Theologian and author
Diana Butler Bass is a historian, public theologian and award-winning author. She holds a doctorate in religious studies from Duke University and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN.com, Atlantic.com, USA Today, HuffPost, Spirituality and Health, Reader’s Digest, the Christian Century and Sojourners.
Apply for Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Exploring Christian Practices Initiative
The Exploring Christian Practices Initiative aims to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith.
An Interest Form and Letter of Interest are due March 25, 2026. Complete proposals are due May 18, 2026.
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