Rosaria Champagne Butterfield (born 1962) is an American activist and former tenured professor of English at Syracuse University.

While researching the Religious Right and their "politics of hatred"[2] against the queer community,[3] she wrote an article criticizing the evangelical organization Promise Keepers.

Ken Smith, the then-pastor of the Syracuse Reformed Presbyterian Church, wrote to her regarding this article[4] and invited her to dinner.

During her academic career, she published the book The Politics of Survivorship: Incest, Women's Literature, and Feminist Theory as well as many scholarly articles.

"[13] In her book The Gospel Comes with a House Key, she indicates that her hospitality is "not showy or fancy"[14] and that parting with the idols of consumerism and sexual autonomy is essential[15] to making room for other people.

She points to those of exemplary faith, especially Puritans like Thomas Watson[16] and John Owen,[17][18] observing that the Puritans "knew how to hate their sin without hating themselves because they understood that Christ's grace is an ever-present Person, a Person who understands our situation and our needs better than we do.

[20] She devotes much time elaborating on the theology of original sin, describing it as a distorting influence on people that blinds them from seeing their true identities, which she deems are "image bearers of the holy God.

Butterfield also speaks of the necessity of daily repentance in the Christian life: "Our call is not to despair, but to hope in Christ and to drive a fresh nail into our choice sin every day.

[34] As a former scholar of Freud and Marx, Butterfield repudiates the theological anthropology that she associates with the intersectionality framework, expressing that its implications clash with a biblical worldview.

[39] She also asserts that to support policies that codify sinful behavior into law is to believe that one is more merciful than God.

[49] In her book The Gospel Comes with a House Key, Butterfield writes,"Take, for example, our Christian brothers and sisters who struggle with unchosen homosexual desires and longings, sensibilities and affections, temptations and capacities.

"[50]She refers to Mark 10:28-31[51] to demonstrate that the Church must become the new family promised by Christ for those who forsake their former loyalties and allegiances to follow him.