Joint Doctoral Program in the Study of Religion - DU/Iliff @duiliffjdp.bsky.social We believe innovative and exciting academic inquiries depend on conversations between people who approach the study of religion from different angles.
Website: du.edu/duiliffjoint/
Due to curriculum changes new applications will open September, 2027.
HMML @visithmml.bsky.social The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) photographs, catalogs, & provides access to manuscripts—partnering with more than 1,500 libraries worldwide to preserve & share handwritten history. Learn more: hmml.org
The Association of Religion Data Archives (The ARDA) @religiondata.bsky.social https://www.thearda.com/
The ARDA includes a variety of tools designed to foster better research, teaching, and understanding of religion data. Always free to access. Nonpartisan/nonsectarian.
Berman Archive at Stanford @bermanarchive.bsky.social The Berman Archive documents American Jewish Communities. We’re the largest archive of the printed material of communal American Jewish life.
Website: https://bermanarchive.stanford.edu/
Documensch Daily: https://bermanarchive.stanford.edu/documensch
Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social Opti-mystic writer & futurist; father of two. Author with Richard Rohr of 'The Divine Dance.' Co-founder, Wild Goose Festival . Curator, TheSpeakeasy.info Read my stuff @ MikeMorrell.org/BonusChapter
justinebakker.bsky.social @justinebakker.bsky.social I write about alternative spirituality, metaphysical religion, and esotericism. I teach about religion, politics, and society. I work at Radboud University Nijmegen.
Ste Gen Mo Dem 💙📚 🐕🌳 @stegenmodem.bsky.social Supporting Dems Everywhere SG 60 miles South of St Louis @piperformissouri.bsky.social @reichard4rep.bsky.social @fpwellman.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @labarnitz.bsky.social @iquitcigs.bsky.social 📚🚭💙
amirhosein sabzian @asabzian.bsky.social 
Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social Associate Professor of Religious Studies, McMaster University. Author of Jesus & the Forces of Death and A Jewish Paul: The Messiah's Herald to the Gentiles.
David Sheen ☩ @cappellanus.bsky.social Chaplain & Fellow | Oxford | DPhil Candidate: History of Christianity, 19C America, PECUSA, W.A.Muhlenberg | Erstwhile Physio | Runner | 🏴
Doug Busk @thetechnocrat.com Movies, marketing, comedy, & comics — not always in that order but sometimes
ATL skyline by Joey Kyber: https://www.pexels.com/photo/time-lapse-photography-of-road-near-town-185662/
Jack Delehanty @jackdelehanty.bsky.social Sociology professor, runner, husband, dad. Research on religion and political culture. Teaching on sociological theory and more. Making Moral Citizens, my book on faith-based community organizing, available from UNC Press.
@mic101-06.bsky.social @mic101-06.bsky.social 
Rob von Thaden @rvontha.bsky.social Denizen of the North Coast who cogitates about cognition, sacred texts, and other sundries. Should be writing about Galatians. (Views are my own)
John Schmalzbauer @ozarkswatcher.bsky.social Watching religion & culture from the Ozarks 
Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social Asst. Prof @ Louisville Law
Former: Managing Attorney @ Ky. Commission on Human Rights and lawyer for KY plaintiffs in Obergefell.
Blog: https://joedunman.substack.com/
Scholarship: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2147917
A̴̙̅Ǩ̸̫A̵̭̍ ̵̖̃F̴̛͈ȧ̸͙b̶̦́ï̵͙a̵̜̾n̸̰͠ ̸̘̾M̷̟͠u̴͉̇n̷̥͝i̷̻͆e̸̮̾ŝ̵̲a̴̹͌ @provokedeconomy.bsky.social Sparse reactions to things, augmented with academic propaganda -- from the verified author of 'The Provoked Economy' (Routledge, 2014), AKA Fabian Muniesa
https://provokedeconomy.net/
Eddie Maza @edwardmaza.bsky.social Medieval Art Historian & Educator
Andrew Walker-Cornetta @awalkercornetta.bsky.social American Religion | Disability | Catholic Studies | Health Humanities
Elaine Maisner @emaisner.bsky.social Chair, Cedar Falls Precinct @ncdemocrats.bsky.social | Politics SotoZenBuddhism Food Writing Art IyengarYoga | Executive Editor Emerita @uncpress.bsky.social & love my authors.
[above: Sphinx (1964) by Saori Akutagawa Madokoro]
Gwion Wyn Jones @gwionwynjones.bsky.social Historian of American religion in the c19 and Leverhulme Research Fellow at Oxford University.
Author of 'Christ, Church, and Country: Home Missions and the Religious Reconstruction of the United States After the Civil War' (UVA; out December 2026)
Nicholas Shrum @nbshrum34.bsky.social American Religions PhD candidate at UVA | UVA Mormon Studies podcast "Scholars & Saints" host | cat dad | bagpiper
Katy Telling @katytelling.bsky.social JCB Postdoc 2026 Coordinator || PhD, History. Family + Household Authority + Quakers in the 18th/17th-c. American South. Texan. She/Her. All views my own. 📍 PVD.
Productions Editor: Commonplace Journal
Domination Chronicles Podcast @dominationchron.bsky.social Because domination isn’t a metaphor—it’s a system. A podcast by Steven T. Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) and Peter d'Errico. Listen now at:
www.dominationchronicles.com.
American Indian Law Alliance (AILA) @aila.social American Indian Law Alliance: An NGO in consultative status with the United Nations Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC) www.aila.ngo
Anders Ackfeldt @ackfeldt.bsky.social PhD in History of Religions, Deputy Director Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul (SRII). Malmö/Istanbul.
“If I could only have one food to eat for the rest of my life? That’s easy. Pez. Cherry flavor Pez. No question about it.”
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory @jcrt.org founded in 1999 | visit jcrt.org
mbbendt @bendts2cents.bsky.social American Studies PhDStudent: squeamishly fascinated by religion, capitalism, energy/environment, critical regionalism.
Mom of 2 young adults, 2 cats, about 102 plants.
God-stalker. Grace-freak. Rebel. Union member.
Cats, coffee, chocolate, cheese, chile
Carro 🇸🇪🌊 @carolinesweden.bsky.social Swedish. AuDHD. PTSD. Middle-aged, early retired. Atheist .Lifelong radical left scum. Democratic socialist.💙🇨🇦🇩🇰
Leaving Islam - Finding Peace @leavingislam.bsky.social Peace first. Many of us have friends and family who are Muslim, so please don't direct hate towards them. We can use our words, because Without Lies, Islam Dies. Woman deserve to feel the breeze come off the lakes and rustle through their hair. Apostate
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript: www.pscript.app
Book tour inquiries: contact@book-shelfie.com
The Center for the Study of Evangelicalism @cse-uccs.bsky.social CSE @ UCCS
Research center for the academic study of evangelicalism.
Free public programs featuring authors & scholars.
📍Colorado Springs
Steve Cook @pearsall.bsky.social Jesus-follower, liberal cleric. No longer active fencer, no longer active cabinetmaker, but remember how to do them. Work and family are my life and to protect them, I support democracy at all times and in all places.
Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social American historian, religion, environment, pop culture, the South. Author: The Devil's Music (Harvard, 2018). Prof of Am & Brit Studies, Univ of Oslo. Fulbright alumnus.
Jonathan Misirian @coffeeshoppastor.bsky.social Theology by Kierkegaard, Philosophy by Camus, Poetry by Shelly, and Literature by Dostoevsky. SAFC. Pastor at Southbrook in MKE. Subvert & Repeat 🇦🇲
carrie @carriewalksaround.bsky.social ecosocialist/integral ecology, humanist, urbanist, catholic, art museum and old church explorer, car-free, #FPL addict
Helen Jin Kim @helenjinkim.bsky.social Associate professor of American religious history at Emory | Author of Race for Revival: How Cold War South Korea Shaped the American Evangelical Empire (OUP 2022) | Book interview: https://youtu.be/uDcAF3oJtTg?si=LiVT_sRwf74xOU-W
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
@markpw4bs.bsky.social @markpw4bs.bsky.social 
Center for Culture, Society and Religion at Princeton University @princetonccsr.bsky.social Princeton University Center for Culture, Society & Religion is an academic initiative promoting scholarly research, teaching & public discussion about religion
Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society @elonreligion.bsky.social The Elon Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society is the research and scholarship arm of Elon University’s multifaith initiative, highlighting and promoting the interdisciplinary study of religion, culture, and society.
Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social Historian of religion\s at University of Fribourg (CH). linktr.ee/drMBrand PhD, first book: http://tinyurl.com/5n7kt5fs. Interested in Religion, Alternative Histories, History, Comparison, Theory - and sometimes in Manichaeans. #Schweiz
La vache est fachée @vacheestfachee.bsky.social Writer/editor. Covid-cautious homeschool parent. Michigander & MSU alum. Christian; definitely not nationalist. Anti MAGA, fascism, genocide. Pro Ukraine, BLM, democracy, rule of law, civil/human rights, refugees, vaccines, science. Words mine only. She.
Kelsey Hanson Woodruff @khansonwoodruff.bsky.social Researching and writing about American Christianity, gender, media, and politics.
Postdoc at Wesleyan University.
Rikki Liu @rikkiwliu.bsky.social UT Austin Religious Studies
@lizrplatt.bsky.social @lizrplatt.bsky.social Director, The Law, Rights and Religion Project @lawrightsreligion.bsky.social at @unionseminary.bsky.social. I write, speak, and teach about religious liberty law.
S. Piper Booker @spiperbooker.bsky.social MA Public History
MLIS Archives Management
B.A Religious Studies
Cat Lover x 10
@fdslas.bsky.social @fdslas.bsky.social 
Nicole Carroll @nxcarroll.bsky.social PhDing in Religious Studies at Stanford | thinking about American religion, secularism, carcerality, and urban space
Dr. Anca Wilkening @historianca.bsky.social Religious Studies, Indigenous Studies, Queer Studies in Early America. UPenn Postdoc on Lenapehoking. Archival and Mushroom Nerd. Chronic Former Gifted Kid.
Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social Historian of American religion. Writing a book on Boston's Richard Cardinal Cushing (1895-1970), who was loved more for his humanity than his consistency. Previous books: Tornado God (OUP), Predestination (OUP), In Discordance with the Scriptures (OUP).
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social I teach religion & ethics @ UVa
I'm mostly here to find books & articles I don't yet know about
Sometimes also interested in opinions, but not as often as many of you seem to believe
Connall MacLennan @connallmaclennan.bsky.social PhDing at UCL's Institute of the Americas researching queer southern religious histories 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Reed C. Hepler @bringthehuman.bsky.social Digital Initiatives Librarian, Copyright Agent, Archivist, Instructional Designer, Pianist, AI Consultant. #mormonsky #musicsky #aisky #edusky #frasier #infolit #skybrarian #tolkien
reedhepler.substack.com heplerconsulting.com
Joe Hodson @joehodson.bsky.social Paralegal with masters in international maritime law, interested in languages, ethics, governance, environmental protection and human rights. Mythology-loving humanist.
Gene Zubovich @genezubovich.bsky.social Historian of the modern United States. Author of BEFORE THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT. Expert on history of human rights, US foreign relations, religion. Associate Prof, University at Buffalo, SUNY. www.genezubovich.com
Jeremy Fuzy @jeremyfuzy.bsky.social digital editor @wordandway.bsky.social covering religion from a mainline protestant perspective • Mizzou j-school/UChicago divinity alumn • proud midwesterner + ozarker • Current/Sporting/US soccer supporter • midtown Kansas City cyclist
Kristine Gunnell @kristinegunnell.bsky.social Kristine Gunnell is a historian who specializes in Women and Gender in the American West, especially the role of religious women in public and private life.
Bhageerathi (Bhagee) Ganesan, MD @ganesanb.medsky.social Neurology PGY-1, University of Rochester; OSUCOM '25. Interests in movement disorders and health policy. #neurosky #medsky
Féministe intersectionnelle en colère. ♀ NON à l'extrême-droite.
Zan, Zindagi, Azadi.
She/elle/அவள். Views = own
@marierenae.bsky.social @marierenae.bsky.social 
Seth Perry @gradualdigging.bsky.social 
Commonplace: the journal of early American life @commonplacejrnl.bsky.social Commonplace: the journal of early American life since 2000. Published by a partnership of the OIEAHC and AAS. Commonplace.online
Ryne Beddard @rybeddard.bsky.social American Religious History | Religion and Race in US South | Environmental Humanities | Ph.D. UNC-Chapel Hill | Swamp Lover
Abel R. Gomez @jaratura.bsky.social Incoming Asst Prof of Native American and Indigenous studies at SJSU | Indigenous sacred sites, gender, (de)colonization | First-gen queer Latinx scholar | 📍San Francisco/Yelamu
Ethiopia Beyond @talksmart.bsky.social Exploring the untold beauty, culture, history, innovation, and spirit of Ethiopia.
Sharing authentic stories, breathtaking places, people, traditions, and the new face of Africa’s rising destination.
From ancient civilizations to modern transformation — E
The Epiphany Times @theepiphanytimes.bsky.social Account run by an unhinged queer 🏳️🌈
Conservative religion poisons everything
Religion Unplugged @religionmag.bsky.social Award-winning, nonprofit digital magazine about religion in public life around the world. Part of The Media Project. Exec Ed Clemente Lisi. Member of @inn.org.
Sheridan Stewart @sheridanstewart.bsky.social Our views and typos aren’t even our own.
He/هو/any. Fuck cancer.
ellje @elljeharrjs.bsky.social Columbia Islamic Studies ‘25
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics @ctrrelpol-washu.bsky.social Research and teaching center at Washington University in St. Louis focused on the many intersections of religion and U.S. politics. https://rap.wustl.edu/
The Manic Man @themanicman.bsky.social Just a Dude. Atheist. Anti-theist. Anti-Authoritarian.
@josephusconnolly.bsky.social @josephusconnolly.bsky.social He/him
ABD in Church History, and gainfully employed at a liquor store.
Probably reading more than I should of things that I shouldn’t.
If empathy is a sin, then I’ll see you in hell.
INFORM (Information Network Focus on Religious Movements) @informreligion.bsky.social Independent educational charity providing information on minority religions, sects, spiritualities and 'cults', which is as accurate, up-to-date and as evidence-based as possible.
linktr.ee/InformReligion
St Louis Atheists @stlouisatheists.bsky.social "If you wish to make apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe" Carl Sagan @rsslmo.bsky.social @atheists.org @ffrf.org @nickfish.me @ethicalstl.org @riatheists.bsky.social ⚛️ 📚💙🐕 🚭 Team Site
Edgar Rooke @edgarrooke.bsky.social Writer challenging the myths that shape religion and politics. Uncovering uncomfortable truths from the Bible to the ballot box.
Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion @mavcor.bsky.social We promote conversation on material & visual cultures of religion
Sensory Cultures Research Group
MAVCOR Journal
Digital Spaces Project
http://mavcor.yale.edu
David W. Hardy, Esq. @hardymediation.bsky.social Atty, mediator, teacher. Lawrence, KS Advocate, MBA, former uni admin. Spouse:🧑🤝🧑@bsbadger INTJ/ENTJ 🚫DMs 🚫 Porn 🚫 Crypto 🚫 OnlyFans 🚫GoFundMe YES to int. news, sci, law, art, philos, Left pol, philanth, nature
Connor Martini @wrathofcon.bsky.social PhD @ Columbia, seti/presence/enchantment
Editor @ Prickly Paradigm Press
Sci-fi writer repped by @jamiecowen.bsky.social
Were people doing agential realism in your bathroom?
Institute of the Mechanical Surround @imsurround.bsky.social The IMS is here to investigate the conditions of technological saturation. Projects include Machines in Between, The Vinyl Church, Processing: A Philosophy Mixtape, Outside the Algorithm, Mixtape Metaphysics, and Me and My Monkey. Located in Lancaster, PA.
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃 @valeriefrankel.bsky.social 👨🎓Professor, 📚author of 100 books on drwho💫starwars✨outlander #sfwa🚀 #scbwi #kidlit Cali https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004KMCLQK pitch me on #academic #Jewish #sff https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy/
Rachel Wagner @drrachelwagner.bsky.social Author, Cowboy Apocalypse (2025) & Godwired (2012). Prof of Religious Studies @ Ithaca College, mom & caregiver, disgruntled idealist, loud introvert. Religion, gaming, politics, media, film.
thoughtsandprayers.earth
https://tinyurl.com/CowboyApocalypse
N. Fadeke Castor @spiritcitizen.bsky.social Black feminist ethnographer, African diaspora religions scholar, 💜 Ifá, Egbe & Orisa, Trini, author of award-winning Spiritual Citizenship (Duke 2017), YNWA
https://www.fadekecastor.com/
S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social Andalusi lit and cultural history at NYU. Medieval, but not like that. Trying to strike a balance between critical and creative writing. Chaos muppet, always. Still perfecting my gazpacho.
The Breaking Church Project @breakingchurchproject.com Loving Christ, breaking down the corrupt, human-made institution known as Church. Telling truth. It's time. (breakingchurchproject.com) Founded by EB Rowan. They/them/us/our.
Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social PhD of late antique Mediterranean religion | YouTuber @ Religion For Breakfast
RelBib @relbib.bsky.social RelBib - Bibliography of the Study of Religion.
Official account of the Specialized Information Service for the Study of Religion.
#FID #Religionswissenschaft
https://relbib.de/Content/Impressum
Fullsailer @fullsailer.bsky.social Tech enthusiast | Writer | Consultant
Helping people harness AI, improve communication, and grow their businesses.
Explorer of ideas, lifelong learner, and advocate for innovation.
Samira K. Mehta @samirakmehta.bsky.social Scholar of American religion, especially American Judaism, focusing on Religion and Reproductive Politics in the US, Interfaith Families, Jews of Color. Knitter, cellist. Dogs and cats, living together!
LexiTheWulf @lexithewulf.bsky.social 31 | Black | Nonbinary | Genderfluidflux 🏳️⚧️ | She/Her | Wolf Therian ΘΔ | Pan 🏳️🌈 | Communalist🌿| Viadescioist ⟁
https://linktr.ee/LexiTheWulf
Pete Cajka @petecajka.bsky.social Assistant Teaching Prof/Director of Undergraduate Studies. U of Notre Dame, American Studies. Historian. Catholic. Augustinian/Existentialist. Writes about...Catholics. Midwesterner. Dad. Tottenham fan.
UoM Religion @uomreligion.bsky.social Department of Religions and Theology at the University of Manchester, Official Bluesky account. Keep up to date with departmental happenings on the blog https://manchester-religions-and-theology.blogspot.com/
Religious Studies at the University of Minnesota @umn-rels.bsky.social Investigating the role of religion in society, culture, and individual experience. Preparing students for life in a religiously diverse world.
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@kevingt.bsky.social @kevingt.bsky.social 
Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social Historian of transnational politics & religion between the US & Latin America. Postdoc, SDSU. Co-founder, @histcatmex.bsky.social. Social Media Officer, @iehs.bsky.social. Social justice. Foodie.
https://nathanellstrand.com/