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B Brian Steensland @bsteens.bsky.social Sociology professor. Religion, culture, politics.
Cody Musselman @cody-musselman.bsky.social PhD in American Religion. Teaching at Harvard. Writing about religion, fitness, health, and consumer culture.
Matthew J. Smith @smithmj303.bsky.social I study and teach on race religion sexuality ecology & science in the U.S. empire. On the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Three Fires Confederacy.
Yasmine Flodin-Ali @flodinali.bsky.social Professor of Islamic Studies @ The University of Pittsburgh Lover of poetry
Ralph H. Craig III @rhcraig.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Religion - Whitman College | South Asian Buddhism and American Buddhism | Religious Authority; Religion and Music; and Religious Experience. Book: Dancing in My Dreams (https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802878632/dancing-in-my-dreams/)
Gina A. Zurlo @gzurlo.bsky.social Senior Researcher and Lecturer on World Christianity at Harvard Divinity School. Interests: quant studies, gender, methods, global history. 🌍
American Catholic Historical Association @achahistory.bsky.social The ACHA is a community of scholars, archivists, and teachers of the history of the Catholic Church. Founded in 1919, it is where Catholic studies began. https://achahistory.org/
Miranda Zapor Cruz @mzaporcruz.bsky.social Prof of Historical Theology, author of Faithful Politics: Ten Approaches to Christian Citizenship and Why It Matters (IVP Academic), Preacher, Wife, Mom
Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social History Professor | Race, Religion, and Masculinity in the Black Freedom Struggle
Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org Our publications, research, and higher education solutions spread knowledge, spark curiosity and aid understanding around the world. View our social media commenting policy here: https://cup.org/38e0Gv2
Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social Professor | 2026-2027 Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar | Books: Growing God's Family; Addicted to Lust; Taking America Back for God; The Flag & The Cross; Religion for Realists; SOON: Fill the Earth and Subdue It | CV: https://tinyurl.com/mtvxvdfa
PRRI @prri.org PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization conducting research at the intersection of religion, values, and public life. www.prri.org
The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social Award-winning magazine (and podcast) about religion, society, and media published by NYU's Center for Religion & Media. https://therevealer.org/
Beth Shakman Hurd @bethhurd.bsky.social Professor of Global Politics & Religion at Northwestern. New book: Heaven Has a Wall https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo248382196.html Elizabethshakmanhurd.com
The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com A nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of experts with the public, in accessible, trustworthy articles drawing on their research. Free to read, without paywalls or ads.
lucia hulsether @lhulseth.bsky.social teacher/writer/etc of religion. posts on left cultural studies + basketball + organizing. not repping my boss. cohost of nothing never happens: a radical pedagogy podcast; author of *capitalist humanitarianism* (duke 2023). www.luciahulsether.com
Adrienne Krone @adriennekrone.bsky.social Associate Professor of Environmental Science & Sustainability and Religious Studies. She/her/hers
Sarah Dees @sarahdees.bsky.social Professional nerd. American & Indigenous religions. History of museums + science + politics + race + empire (+ Dolly Parton). Editorial team @ Material Religion. My views. she/her.
@mgraziano.bsky.social @mgraziano.bsky.social Religious Studies prof at University of Northern Iowa. Law, Public Education, National Security. Book on CIA & American religion. Probably drinking coffee. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo80657461.html Views are my own
Emily Suzanne Johnson @emilyjohnson.bsky.social Historian of religion, politics, & sexuality in the U.S. Currently writing about satanic panics and other culture wars. Love cats, cooking, kitsch, and quiet. Strong opinions about stationery. she/her
Paul Harvey @pharvey61.bsky.social History, religion, books, basketball, coffee, yerba mate, wine, music, cats, academia, ongoing bonfire of the humanities. https://paulharvey.org
Katharine Gerbner @ktgerbs.bsky.social Historian of religion & race, archives, media/tech/comm, politics of education. History Prof & Dir. of Religious Studies @ University of Minnesota. Au: Christian Slavery (2018) and Archival Irruptions (2025). www.katharinegerbner.com
Candace Lukasik @clukasik.bsky.social Yang Visiting Scholar in World Christianity at Harvard Divinity School Author of “Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire” (2025) www.candacelukasik.com
Max Perry Mueller @maxperrymueller.bsky.social Widower, father, writer.
Stephen Prothero @sprothero.bsky.social Part-time agnostic. Writer on politics&religion. BU Emeritus Prof of US Religions. Cape Codder. Hispanophile. Author of books w/ "religion," "God," and other make-believes in the titles. Next up: BETRAYAL: HOW THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS SOLD OUT THEIR FOUNDERS.
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social assistant prof of religion and anthropology at Northeastern University. first gen. book w/ Fordham University Press. current projects: trad futurisms/digital dissidents.
Leah Payne @drleahpayne.bsky.social Author, God Gave Rock & Roll to You: a History of CCM @OUPReligion | Affil. Scholar @PRRI | Pods: @PRX #RTDR | #SpiritandPower | #WeirdReligion
Heather D Curtis @heatherdcurtis.bsky.social Historian of American Religion. Professor and Director of the Center for the Humanities @ Tufts.
Rachel B. Gross @rachelbgross.bsky.social Studying U.S. Jews and finding religion in unexpected places | Assoc. Prof. at SF State | Author: Beyond the Synagogue | Now: Mary Antin’s spiritual adventures | https://linktr.ee/rachelbgross
Laurie Maffly-Kipp @maffkipp.bsky.social Here to talk about all the officially prohibited things: religion, politics, race.
Kathryn Gin Lum @kginlum.bsky.social Professor of American Religion @Stanford. Author of Damned Nation (2014) and Heathen (2022). Director of @argcstanford.bsky.social. SFGiants fan.
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Charlie McCrary @mccraryc.bsky.social I write and teach about US religion, secularism, religious freedom, spirituality, race, politics, etc. I work at Eckerd College. https://www.eckerd.edu/religious-studies/faculty/mccrary/
American Religion @amrel.bsky.social Published semiannually, American Religion offers an open-access forum for intellectual and creative engagement with religion in the Americas.
John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Author (The Fault in Our Stars, The Anthropocene Reviewed, etc.) YouTuber (vlogbrothers, Crash Course, etc.) Football Fan (co-owner of AFC Wimbledon, longtime Liverpool fan) Opposed to Tuberculosis
Matt Hedstrom @matthedstrom.bsky.social Historian of US religion, politics, culture, SBNR at UVA. Writing a book about religion, the UN, and “one world” in Cold War America. Author of The Rise of Liberal Religion. Will also post about baseball and tennis whether you like it or not.
Prof. Dr Beth Singler @bvlsingler.bsky.social Anthropologist/Geek thinking about how you think about AI & robots. Assistant Professor in Digital Religions at UZH. Bvlsingler.com. She/her. 🌈 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003256113/religion-artificial-intelligence-beth-singler
Religion Media Centre @relmedcentre.bsky.social Independent and impartial - providing the media with information, context and expert comment
Center for Humanities at Tufts @humanitiestufts.bsky.social The Center for the Humanities at Tufts (CHAT) fosters interdisciplinary humanities work in comparative literature, religion, world history, philosophy, classical studies, the humanistic social sciences and the arts, to innovate new research and reflection.
Benjamin Park @benjaminepark.bsky.social Historian & nerd. Author/editor of 5 books, including AMERICAN ZION: A NEW HISTORY OF MORMONISM. views = my own https://linktr.ee/benjaminepark
Jeffrey Wheatley @wheatleyjt.bsky.social Teach & research religion in US history & culture. Secular governance, conflict, fanaticism. Also cephalopods. NBA and Suns fan. #religiousstudies #history #iowastate www.jeffreywheatley.com
Suzanna Krivulskaya @suzzzanna.bsky.social Historian and author of Oxford’s “Disgraced: How Sex Scandals Transformed American Protestantism” (2025) https://www.amazon.com/Disgraced-Scandals-Transformed-American-Protestantism/dp/0197599680/
Vaughn A. Booker @vabooker.bsky.social jazz, Black religious activism, irreverence... | Doty Presidential Associate Professor of Africana Studies at UPenn | African American religious history
Center for Digital Humanities @princetoncdh.bsky.social A collaborative research community at @princeton.edu advancing computational & data-intensive humanities scholarship to create a more just future. Publisher of @culturalanalytics.bsky.social. Subscribe: cdh.princeton.edu/news/newsletter
RRCHNM @rrchnm.bsky.social The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media leverages technology to democratize history. https://rrchnm.org/
Center on Lived Religion @livedreligion.bsky.social A research and teaching initiative of Saint Louis University dedicated to the study and understanding of religion as it is lived in human experiences, systems, and material worlds.
Religion Dispatches @religiondispatches.org bringing you religion, culture, and politics since 2008 * award-winning * independent * non-profit * justice-minded * irreverent RD is a @praeyesright.bsky.social publication want to write for RD? check out https://religiondispatches.org/submissions/
Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
Lincoln Mullen @lincolnmullen.com Historian of American religion at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media and George Mason University. https://lincolnmullen.com https://rrchnm.org
Matthew J. Cressler @mjcressler.bsky.social ✍🏼 rogue scholar & writer, currently at work on Catholics & the Making of MAGA (HarperCollins, 2027): https://matthewjcressler.com/ 💥 comix creator: https://badcatholics-comics.org/ 🤖 chief of staff for CPIT: https://www.cpitpbc.com/
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).
Jenny Caplan @jennycaplan.bsky.social Associate Professor and Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Sports fan and professional geek. Author of Funny, You Don't Look Funny Editor of Wit Happens drjennifercaplan.com
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
American Academy of Religion @aarweb.bsky.social Our mission is to foster excellence in the academic study of religion and enhance the public understanding of religion.
Marie Griffith @mariegriffith.bsky.social US religious history, gender & sexuality studies, religion & politics. Professor at WashU in St. Louis. Writing a book on clergy sexual abuse across American Christianity. https://rap.wustl.edu/people/r-marie-griffith/
Andre E. Johnson @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social Award-winning Author and Rhetorical Historian | Professor of Communication | Rhetoric, Race and Religion, Sigma 1914🤘🏾
Joseph L. Tucker Edmonds @profjte.bsky.social Scholar and teacher of Religious Studies and Africana Studies at Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Rachel Lindsey, PhD @rmclindsey.bsky.social mom, associate professor of American Religion and Culture at Saint Louis University, lives in STL wants to read books, lift weights, and hang out with my doggos
Chris Cantwell @cdc29.bsky.social Birdwatching Historian of Birdwatching Associate Professor of History | Loyola University Chicago https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/profiles/cantwellchristopher.shtml
Maggie Elmore @mjelmore.bsky.social Historian of migration, borders, and immigration policy. Also religion. Reluctant runner. Food person. Cat person. Dog person. Special needs advocate.
Betsy Shirley @betsyshirley.bsky.social Editor in chief at Sojourners.
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.
Religion News @religionnewsblog.com Religion News Blog: Hand-Selected News about religions, cults, sects, and related issues. If you have experienced spiritual abuse, see: bit.ly/SpiritualAbuse
Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social New Testament Review Podcast. Not Peer Reviewed on Substack. PhD New Testament, Duke. Follow for New Testament, theology, crochet, pop culture, excessive cat documentation.
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.
Samah Choudhury @samahc.bsky.social @UChicago Dept. of Race, Diaspora, & Indigeneity 23-24, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies @IthacaCollege. Writing about Islam, standup comedy, secularity, race, masculinities. বাংলাদেশের মেয়ে و عاشت فلسطين
Adeana McNicholl @adeanamcn.bsky.social She/her. Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University. Historian of Buddhism in South Asia and the United States Author, Of Ancestors and Ghosts (OUP 2024): https://global.oup.com/academic/product/of-ancestors-and-ghosts-9780197748909
anthony petro @apetro.bsky.social Historian of religion, visual culture, sexuality Mostly nerdy academic stuff & whippet pics Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, & the Culture Wars (OUP 2025) After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, & American Religion (OUP 2015) https://linktr.ee/anthonypetro
Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social A program of the Social Science Research Council, R&PS fosters research, discussion, and engagement around religion, secularism, spirituality, and belief. Publisher of online publications Intersections and @immanentframe.bsky.social‬.
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social Senior Koch Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford. Emerita Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, Penn. Ride or die Eagles fan, traveler and gin drinker.
Kayla Renée Wheeler @kaylarw.bsky.social Umi. Ohioan. Womanist. Black Islam and Fashion Studies scholar. #BlackIslamSyllabus curator. Cleveland is the reason.
Bob Smietana @bmietana.bsky.social National writer Religion News Service. New grandad. Author of Reorganized Religion. Enthusiastic Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics and Sci-Fi fan. Ridiculously Gregarious
@clairemlarsen.bsky.social @clairemlarsen.bsky.social
Omri Elisha @omrielisha.bsky.social Anthropologist of religion at Queens College/The Graduate Center, CUNY. Author of Moral Ambition: Mobilization & Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches (2011) Currently thinking about astrology, spirituality, and historical consciousness.
The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social Black Religious Histories, Cultures, Communities (https://crossroads.princeton.edu) Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation and Princeton University SPIRIT HOUSE site (https://www.crossroads-spirithouse.org)
Judith Weisenfeld @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social African American religious history & religion and race in America. https://www.judithweisenfeld.com/ New-ish: Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake (NYU Press)
American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social * Support a diverse and inclusive community of sociologists * Increase public knowledge and understanding of society through sociology * Promote the use of sociological insights to drive positive social change https://bit.ly/m/AmSocAssoc
Enes Ataç @ienesatac.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Sociology and Social Data Analytics at Penn State | Prev. University of Mannheim & Bogazici University https://www.enesatac.org/
Gary Adler @garyadler.bsky.social Sociologist of culture, religion, civil society, and law. Love mixing the methods. @PSUsoccrim Current project: religion-state relations and local government. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=xHfWZUgAAAAJ *Views expressed are my own*
Cihan Tugal @cihantugal.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley Working on a book on right-wing populism https://sociology.berkeley.edu/faculty/cihan-tugal
Gülay Türkmen @gulayturkmen.bsky.social Sociologist, researcher, writer, editor, teacher, academic nomad https://www.gulayturkmen.com/
Damon Mayrl @mayrl.bsky.social Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology at Colby College. Religion, politics, history, culture, law, policy, vermú. http://mayrl.org, @mayrl@sciences.social, @yrlsoc@x
Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social Associate Professor of Sociology, Oklahoma State University | Editor-in-Chief, The Sociological Quarterly (@socquarterly.bsky.social) | social movements, politics, religion, education, work 🏳️‍🌈 http://jonathancoley.com
Gizem Arikan @gizemarikan.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social. Political psychology, religion and politics, democratic attitudes, immigrants and integration. Web site: gizemarikan.com
Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social Assistant Prof at UChicago | Sociologist | Columnist @Inthesetimesmag.bsky.social | Co-author of revolutionary sci-fi novel: Everything for Everyone | Subject of documentary film "Coming Around"
Gerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social William R Kenan Jr Professor of Sociology @ Davidson College | Race, Religion, Power, Social Change | Past Roles: Journal Editor Sociology of Religion, President SSSR & ASR, Chair ASA Religion, AAR Religion & Social Science Unit | cv https://bit.ly/40mps8D
Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social Marc Lynch. GW Professor, POMEPS commander, Brewers fan. The one true Abu Aardvark. AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST. Find me at https://abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social The SSSR is an interdisciplinary academic association that promotes & communicates social scientific research about religious institutions and experiences. Founded in 1949. sssreligion.org Flagship publication: JSSR @jssreligion.bsky.social
Jacqui Frost @jacquifrost.bsky.social Assistant Professor @PurdueSociology. Researching how nonreligious people live, what science means to people, and why religious change happens.
Ruth Braunstein @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social Sociologist. Religion, culture, politics | Director Meanings of Democracy Lab | 📚 MY TAX DOLLARS, PROPHETS & PATRIOTS, RELIGION & PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISM | 🎧 WHEN THE WOLVES CAME
Jeff Guhin @jeffguhin.bsky.social Pronounced Gyoo-in, Assoc Prof @SociologyUCLA. Religion/Schools/Theory, he/él/هو, Dad to 2, Book 2: Against Achievement: What Meritocracy (and Social Science) Misses About Schools
Valentina Cantori @valecantori.bsky.social Sociologist in the making @USC. Studying representations of Public Islam in U.S. civic life | proud first-gen | tagliatelle-maker 🍝🇮🇹 www.valentinacantori.com
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion @jssreligion.bsky.social The JSSR Journal is a multi-disciplinary journal that publishes research on the social scientific study of religion. Flagship publication of @sssreligion.bsky.social. Engage our journal: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14685906
Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social Demography nerd at Pew Research Center Global religious change, sociology
Erin Johnston @erinfjohnston.bsky.social Sociologist studying religion, culture, identity, and qualitative methods. Sr. Research Scientist and Lecturer @ Duke University Department of Sociology | Religion and Social Change Lab https://sites.google.com/site/ejohnsto/
Shai M. Dromi @dromishai.bsky.social Author of "Above the Fray:The RC & the Making of the Humanitarian NGO Sector"&"Moral Minefields:How Sociologists Debate Good Science" (U Chicago Press). Harvard sociologist.
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.
Christopher Han-Fai Seto @criminovelist.bsky.social Assistant professor in the Purdue Department of Sociology. I study hate crime, violence, guns, health, and religion. I also write murder mystery novels. Learn more at chseto.com. All opinions shared here are my own.
Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social Prof at Denison University; Political Scientist studying US religion and politics. blogging at religioninpublic.blog. Riding all over (hilly) Ohio.
Evan Stewart @evanstewart.bsky.social Social Scientist @ UMass Boston Editor @ Sociology of Religion Studies (Non)Religion & Spirituality | Climate | Public Life https://www.evan-stewart.com @socimages.bsky.social