Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social Research on the right-wing and religion.
Podcast: Fifteen Minutes of Fascism:
https://soundcloud.com/user-627234964
Author, How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism: https://shorturl.at/jjwZz
Newsletter: https://shorturl.at/dINAA
DMs open. Opinions my own.
Amanda H. Carroll ๐ท ๐ ๐ @amandahcarroll.bsky.social Gentle parenting mother of 3. Happily married. Sociology professor. Christian. Politically liberal Texan. Avid reader. COVID conscious. Feminist. Trying hard to love my neighbor. She/her
Liturgical Press @litpress.bsky.social For 100 years, we've carried the living voice of the Church forward. We are the publishing house of Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, MN.
Est. 1926 ๐
Emily Sanna @esanna.bsky.social Managing editor of U.S. Catholic. She/hers
Kate McElwee @dearmisskate.bsky.social Executive Director of the Women's Ordination Conference, based in Rome, Italy. #OrdainWomen
BrianFragaNCR @bfragancr.bsky.social Staff reporter for
@ncronline, covering news in the Catholic Church. Portuguese-American, US Army veteran, Boston sports fan. News tips: bfraga@ncronline.org
Joel Thiessen @joelthiessen.bsky.social Sociologist at Ambrose University, researching congregations, religious nones, millennials, death, and more.
www.joelthiessen.ca
Chip Rotolo @chiprotolo.bsky.social Senior Researcher at Pew Research Center
Exploring religion, spirituality & public life
Colter Uscola @colteruscola.bsky.social PhD Student at UBC Sociology. Social Psych. Mental Health. Identity. Emotions. Culture. Organizations. Qualitative, Quantitative, and Computational Social Science.
Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social Asst. Prof @Louisville Law (torts, writing, religion, employment)
Former: Mng. Attny @Ky. Comm. on Human Rights and lawyer for KY plaintiffs in Obergefell.
Brother of St. Andrew
Scholarship:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2147917
Kenneth Ethan Frantz @kennethefrantz.bsky.social University of Oklahoma Sociology Doctoral Student
Freelance Writer
Robert Rae @backgroundbob.bsky.social Published theologian (like, *barely* tho) and general lurker everywhere I'm tolerated. All views my own, except when riding the coat-tails of my betters.
Religion and Business @religionbusiness.bsky.social A blog about religion and business: https://religionandbusiness.substack.com/
Justin Clardie @jclardie.bsky.social political science professor, generalist by necessity but mainly Russian politics, US foreign policy and democracy
also, Green Bay Packers, St Louis Cardinals and Tottenham Hotspur
https://heresmycase.substack.com/
S. Piper Booker @spiperbooker.bsky.social MA Public History
MLIS Archives Management
B.A Religious Studies
Cat Lover x 10
David Newheiser @dnewheiser.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Religious Studies / writes on religion & ethics, politics, culture / dreams of democracy, art, & other miracles / ๐ Varieties of Atheism: http://bit.ly/3CaNe4
https://dnewheiser.net/
Black Catholic Messenger @blackcatholicmessenger.org Nonprofit media in the tradition of Daniel Rudd's 'American Catholic Tribune' (1885-1897). Amplifying Black Catholic voices. Editor: Nate Tinner-Williams
#ThatsTheMessage
blackcatholicmessenger.org
Commonweal @commonwealmagazine.org A review of religion, politics, and culture since 1924, edited by lay Catholics. Subscribe here: http://commonwealmagazine.org/subscribe
Alex Stern @alexwstern.bsky.social Features Editor @commonweal.bsky.social. Writing: @aeon.co, Hedgehog Review, @nytimes.com, LARB, etc. Book: Fall of Language (Harvard UP). Pitches: astern at commonwealmagazine dot org. Website: alexwstern.com
Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social Editor, The New Republic. Editor, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Scribbler. Serbo-Calabrian West Virginia Episcopalian.
Joe Ferullo @joeferullo.bsky.social CEO/Publisher National Catholic Reporter, an independent progressive news outlet; previous: EVP of Programming CBS; media columnist at The Hill; producer NBC News/Dateline; ABC News; Rolling Stone
Kevin Clarke @clarkeatamerica.bsky.social Chief correspondent, America Media. Send me tips and pitches at clarke@americamedia.org: www.americamagazine.org/dispatches
Griffin Oleynick @griffino.bsky.social Associate Editor at Commonweal Magazine
Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social Historian and theologian, professor at Villanova University. Byline Il Regno, Commonweal, Global Catholic, et al. Gelateria Catholic since 2017. Views my own.
Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social Philosophy PhD | Toronto
Organizing in churches against imperialism. Teaching at the Institute for Christian Studies (www.icscanada.edu). Author of Enough Is Enough: Degrowth, Capitalism, & Liberation Theology w @mattbernico.bsky.social
Xavier M. Montecel @xaviermontecel.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Theology at St. Maryโs University in Texas. Catholic ethics. Sacramental things. My husband keeps the dogs alive. I handle the tropical fish. ๐
Michael McGravey @michaelmcgravey.bsky.social Asc. Prof. of Rel. Studies | Bluesky Messages are my own.
Springfield | Buffalo | Erie | Philly | Pittsburgh | Springfield.
Author: โNavigating Postmodern Theologyโ
The Association of Religion Data Archives @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.
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
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐ @stevenpmillies.com professor | author | political theorist | ersatz theologian | Chicago southsider | White Sox fan | 'official theologian' of WBEZ-FM "Say More"| analog influencer | bylines Religion News Service, others | https://linktr.ee/stevenpmillies | personal account
Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social Director, Center for Environment Community, & Equity and Professor, AU | NonRes Sr Fellow, Brookings | IPCCWG3 AR6 | www.danarfisher.com | TED Talk on being an Apocalyptic Optimist : go.ted.com/danarfisher
Alena Smith @alenasmith13.bsky.social PhD Candidate @Stanford | religion & politics
Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social Catholic, son, brother, Brother, Jesuit, weightlifter, woodworker, radical for Christ. Proudly putting the SJ into SJW. My postsโ orgs I am part of. (he/him)
Justin Huyck @justinhuyck.bsky.social Editor, Pastoral & Parish Resources at Liturgical Press | Ministry Leader | Author, From Home to Home & Baptism: Alive in Christ | Views & hockey allegiances my own | litpress.org
James Martin, SJ @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social Jesuit priest, editor at large of America Media, founder of Outreach, consultor for the Dicastery for Communication, author of "Come Forth."
https://linktr.ee/jamesmartinsj
Michael J. O'Loughlin @mikeoloughlin.bsky.social Executive Editor, National Catholic Reporter, and author, Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and Compassion in the Face of Fear
National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social National Catholic Reporter: Bringing you independent reporting on the Catholic church and justice issues since 1964.
Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social Sociologist | religion, politics, disability | Kettering Foundation Research Fellow | Christian Nationalism books: http://linktr.ee/andrewwhitehead | https://andrewwhitehead.substack.com/ | https://tinyurl.com/42wspc8m | all views 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.
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
Dominic Preziosi @dominicpreziosi.bsky.social Commonweal editor, city dweller
ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social The purpose of the American Sociology Association Section on Sociology of Religion is to encourage and enhance research, teaching, and other professional concerns in the study of religion and society.
Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social Sociologist of morality, social & organizational change and spirituality. Author of The Loyalty Trap on civil servants' experiences under Trump, The Mindful Elite and Situating Spirituality. Learning about climate action. Mom juggling it all.
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
Elena G. van Stee @elenavanstee.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Sociology @upenn.edu | Fellow in Sociology @harvard.edu | Incoming managing editor @contexts.orgโฌ | www.elenavanstee.com
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*
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"
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
Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social Sociologist of Religion; retired (sort of); gardener
Niki Dolfi Hall @profdolfi.bsky.social Sociologist by birth, weird-ass human by training. Researching religious discrimination | nontheism | microaggressions | pop culture. Coming soon chapter on Father Brown & nontheism
Me: ๐ฑ๐ฝ๐ค๐จ๐ฌ๐ณโ๐โฟ
Follow โ Endorse. Mix of personal + professional posts.
Lisa Pearce @lisapearce.bsky.social https://lisapearce.web.unc.edu/
Ruth Braunstein @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social Sociologist. Religion, culture, politics | Director Meanings of Democracy Lab | ๐ MY TAX DOLLARS, PROPHETS & PATRIOTS, RELIGION & PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISM | ๐ง WHEN THE WOLVES CAME
Dawson Vosburg @dawsonvosburg.bsky.social sacramental evangelical | class struggle social democrat | sociologist studying capitalism, race, and Christianity | postdoctoral fellow at Bryn Mawr College
dawsonvosburg.com
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.
Michelle Gotto, MA, MA, MPH @mgotto.bsky.social Bioethicist, Medical Sociologist, MPH. Repro Justice, bodily autonomy for all, med decision making for teens. Physician Asst educator. Opinions my own.
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.
David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social Check out my Substack "Venezuela and the United States" https://davidsmilde.substack.com/ Opinions expressed are my own.
Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social Sociologist at the University of Colorado Boulder. I do ethnographic and interview research on gender, religion, and social change, with a focus on Indonesia. Faculty Director of the Center for Asian Studies.
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
Damon Mayrl @mayrl.bsky.social Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology at Colby College. Religion, politics, history, culture, law, policy, vermรบ. http://mayrl.org, @mayrl@sciences.social, @yrlsoc@x
Gรผlay Tรผrkmen @gulayturkmen.bsky.social Sociologist, researcher, writer, editor, teacher, academic nomad
https://www.gulayturkmen.com/
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 ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
http://jonathancoley.com
Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Cincinnati | Book: Who Pays for Diversity? March 2025 https://www.ucpress.edu/books/who-pays-for-diversity/paper
Monica C. Bell @monicacbell.bsky.social Law prof & sociologist at Yale. I write about poverty, race, place, gender, policing, and justice, and I use qualitative and humanistic methods.
In Carolina in my mind. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐โ๐ฟ
Dr. Shaontaโ Allen @shaonta.bsky.social Itโs pronounced Shay-On-Tay! Asst. Prof of Sociology & AAAS at Dartmouth! I study Black People, Black Political Activism/Resistance, & Black Religion! #Jesus โ๏ธ #BLM โ๐พ #ฮฯฮ ๐ #SocAF โจ
Seattle ๐ฒโ๏ธ โก๏ธ New England/NH๐ฒ๐
www.Linktree.com/ShaontaTheSociologist
Gerardo Martรญ @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
Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social Writer. Theorist. Sociology Professor @MtHolyoke. https://annetaylor.substack.com/
I write about meaning making and belonging in culture, religion, travel, media, sport.
Vanessa Verner @nessavsquared.bsky.social Black woman. Southerner. Church Kid. Sociology. PhD Candidate. Texas A&M.
Watching the empire fall with popcorn ๐ฟblessed oil ๐งด and a few loved ones near and far ๐
Memphis ๐ก Chicago ๐ข Houston ๐ CStat ๐ค
Ziad Munson @zmunson.bsky.social sociology, social movements, public education, food, board games, nordic skiing
Paul Joosse @pjoosse.bsky.social Sociologist, @HKUniversity | Incoming editor, @SociologicalTheory.bsky.social | Secretary Treasurer of @isa-sociology.org
Sociological Theory research cluster | #theory #sociology #charisma #populism and yes, #Trump
Justin Huft @justinhuft.bsky.social Part time researcher in sociology. Full time lover of The Muppets.
PhD candidate at UC Riverside. Race, gender, religion, social psych.
Daniel Cueto-Villalobos @dacuetovilla.bsky.social minnesota sociology
Jonathan Calvillo, Ph.D. @yocalviyo.bsky.social Sociologist: Latine Religions, Race&Ethnicity, Migration, Urban Studies, Hip Hop
Asst Prof - Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Author: The Saints of Santa Ana; In the Time of Sky-rhyming; When the Spirit Is Your Inheritance.
Ruiqian (Richie) Li, Ph.D. @lordrichie.bsky.social Posts are mine. RT โ Endorsement. Senior Researcher at perilresearch.com. Social scientist on religion, politics, and nationalism. Big foodie.
Shruti Devgan @kalamsiyahi.bsky.social Sociologist. Teacher. Straddling worlds. Life in translation. Study South Asia/America/ns/Sikhs, memory, media, emotions, and narratives.
https://www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/faculty/sdevgan/index.html
Robbee Wedow @robbeewedow.bsky.social Help me out; don't let me down; I could learn from you.
Tia Noelle Pratt @tiaphd.bsky.social Sociologist, Bartender, University Administrator and Professor, Author BLACK AND CATHOLIC: RACISM, IDENTITY, AND RELIGION (University of Notre Dame Press 2025)
Dr. Shenila Khoja-Moolji @skhojamoolji.bsky.social Prof of Muslim societies at Georgetown | Award-winning Books: Forging the Ideal Educated Girl (2018); Sovereign Attachments (2021); Rebuilding Community (2023). https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/0031Q00002cNqiVQAS/shenila-khojamoolji
Michael Lee Wood @michaelleewood.bsky.social Sociologist. Culture and cognition, religion, theory, text analysis, social network analysis. Associate professor at Brigham Young University. Notre Dame PhD. www.michaelleewood.com
Daniel Winchester @bishopofwestsaxons.bsky.social Sociologist with interests in religion, social theory, culture, and ethnography. Enthusiastic about beer, bikes, and books.
A list of my knowledge widgets, courtesy of Google Scholar: https://tinyurl.com/yjxtzarj
Karrie Gaspard Hogewood @kghog.bsky.social Over-caffeinated. Under-published. Dog mom.
www.karriegaspard.com
Jesse Callahan Bryant @jcallahanbryant.bsky.social PhD candidate in Sociology at Yale studying right-wing naturalism, organicism, and pastoralism. Fan of Ohio State FB. Currently laying low in Spain ๐ช๐ธ
Dr. Alexandra P. Gelbard @apgelbard.bsky.social Ph.D. In Global & Sociocultural Studies-Sociology, African Diaspora Studies, & Cuba โข Curator of www.cabildoderegla.org โข Co-Curator of Sweet Wata: Choreographing Ancestral Memory โข Photographerโข Mom to Pete the Cat & Dalya ๐
Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social Sociologist, feminist, would rather be outdoors. More info at pennyedgell.com
Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social Assistant professor of sociology at Ambrose University in Calgary, AB. I study religion, politics, and organizations.
โพ๏ธโพ๏ธโพ๏ธ This account is a vehicle for subjecting my academic colleagues to baseball takes โพ๏ธโพ๏ธโพ๏ธ
http://josephroso.com/
Chelsea Starr @cstarrcstarr.bsky.social Sociologist. Religion, Non-religion, Social movements, Content Analysis, Qualitative Methods. Facebook page where I post sociological perspectives on current events: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573563705847
Andrew Chalfoun @achalfoun.bsky.social Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ripon College. I study social interaction, organizations and religion. PhD from UCLA.
Find me at www.andrewchalfoun.com
Jacqui Frost @jacquifrost.bsky.social Assistant Professor @PurdueSociology. Researching how nonreligious people live, what science means to people, and why religious change happens.
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 ๐๐ฎ๐น
www.valentinacantori.com
jimi adams @jimiadams.bsky.social https://jimiadams.github.io/ โข sociologist โข social network researcher โข still not quite sure which way is up โข tsundoku enthusiast โข cyclist/swimmer โข quick block trigger โข no, I will not subscribe to your substack
Tess Starman, PhD @tessstarman.bsky.social Studying intersections of religion, politics, race, gender, and sexuality.
www.tessstarman.com
Helen Rizzo @hrizzo.bsky.social Sociologist with interests in gender studies, Middle East Studies, and political sociology, associate professor at the American University in Cairo
Xi Wang @xxiwwang.bsky.social PhD Candidate @ Northwestern Sociology.
Sociologist studying psychoanalysis theoretically and empirically.
Amy Adamczyk @amyadamczyk.bsky.social
Ada Bayramoglu @adabayramoglu.bsky.social University of Chicago
Brandon Vaidyanathan @brvnathan.bsky.social
Tricia C. Bruce, PhD @triciacbruce.bsky.social