Calvin O. Butts

Calvin O. Butts

Infobox University Chancellor
name = Dr. Calvin Otis Butts, III



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order = President
university = State University of New York at Old Westbury
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birth_date = 1949
birth_place = New York, New York
death_date =
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successor =
alma_mater = Morehouse College
Union Theological Seminary
Drew University
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profession = Pastor
religion =
salary =
spouse = Patricia Butts
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Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III (1949 - ), is the Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the City of New York and President of The State University of New York College at Old Westbury.

Biography

Dr. Butts is a native New Yorker. He spent a few years in the American South where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. While a student at Morehouse, Butts was initiated into the Pi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. He returned to New York and earned a Master of Divinity Degree in Church History from Union Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate of Ministry in Church and Public Policy from Drew University.

Personal life

He is married to Patricia Butts and has three children.

Weekly Radio broadcasts

Reverend Butts delivers a weekly sermon each Sunday at 7:00 AM on 98.7 FM (KISS-FM) Radio.fact|date=May 2008

piritual and political beliefs

He is a major proponent of liberation theology in the African American church and openly rejects the inerrancy of biblical scripture and classic interpretation in favour of more liberal interpretations.

He has gone on the record of supporting homosexuality and same-sex unions on the understanding that the "Apostle Paul was not Jesus" and therefore Christians were not bound to specific teachings by apostles, a view that is not consistent with classical Christian theology and doctrine. [April 5, 2004, ABC aired a three-hour documentary hosted (and co-written) by Peter Jennings entitled "Jesus and Paul: Word and Witness".]

2008 Presidential campaign

Reverend Butts formally endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton for President in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. fact|date=February 2008He is featured in a small audio clip during the starting moments of famed rappers Bone Thugs-N-Harmony song " Thuggish Ruggish Bone". In the clip Butts states,Its that thuggish thuggish bone. "We're not against rap. We're not against rappers. But we are against those thugs."fact|date=May 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.abyssinian.org/index.php?l=101 Official biography @ Abyssinian Baptist Church]
* [http://www.abyssinian.org/ Abyssinian Baptist Church]
* [http://www.oldwestbury.edu/ State University of New York at Old Westbury]


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