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The Rev. Jennifer Butler (https://revjenbutler) is the founding CEO of Faith in Public Life and Faith in Public Life Action. She is the author of Who Stole My Bible: Reclaiming Scripture as a Handbook for Resisting Tyranny and Born Again: The Christian Right Globalized. She chaired President Obamas Faith Based Council from 2014 to 2015. Before leading FPL, Jennifer spent ten years working in the field of international human rights representing the Presbyterian Church (USA) at the United Nations and is an ordained minister.
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