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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
Bad Faith documentary @badfaithdoc.bsky.social BAD FAITH: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy
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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social Scholar of Christian nationalism and the American Right. Award-winning author and podcaster. Co-host of @straightwhitejc and founder of Axis Mundi Media. Words: NYT, Rolling Stone, Politico, NBC, HuffPost, LARB, Revealer, and more.
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Brian Kaylor @briankaylor.bsky.social Baptist minister with PhD in political communication. New book: 'The Bible According to Christian Nationalists.' President & Editor-in-Chief - @WordAndWay.bsky.social bkaylor@wordandway.org
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social Author - "A Beautiful Year" and 11 other books on faith, culture, politics & history. Duke PhD. Myriad bylines. The Cottage newsletter: https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com. Opposed to theocrats. Struggling gardener and dog mom.
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Julie Ingersoll @julieingersoll.bsky.social Author: "Building God's Kingdom" (OUP). I teach and write about religion, politics, violence, and the far right. I'm probably in my camper.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove @wilsonhartgrove.bsky.social Author, preacher, & moral activist. Assistant Director & Lecturer, Yale Center for Public Theology & Public Policy. Substack: https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social Bestselling author of THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War; THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series; C Street; THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. AI stole them all. Professing @ Dartmouth. That's not my cat.
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John Garth @johngarthwriter.bsky.social Writer, speaker, award-winner. Books in 18 languages on Tolkien’s life and work. Contact me via http://linktr.ee/johngarth. Support my work via Steady: http://bit.ly/3N191bi
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Andrew L. Seidel @andrewlseidel.bsky.social Attorney. Fighting Christian Nationalism. Defending the 1st Amendment. Author.
📖The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is un-American
📖American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom
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Hemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com Jeopardy! champ. Waiting for Survivor to call me back. Writer. YouTuber. Podcaster. Mpromptu@gmail.com. (Send me story tips!) http://linktr.ee/HemantMehta
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
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Tolkien Society @tolkiensociety.org International fan club and educational charity promoting the life and works of J.R.R. #Tolkien, including #Hobbit and #LOTR.
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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com Indie #Tolkien scholar | Founder GermanTolkSoc #TolkienFolk | Travelling Tolkienist | Crowdfund my work via Steady https://steady.page/thetolkienist 🧙♂️🧝✨ he/him
Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social #Tolkien expert, Professor of #Fantasy and Children’s Literature at the University of Glasgow. Substack: https://dimitrafimi.substack.com
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@ffrf.org @ffrf.org The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a national 501 (c)(3) nonprophet nonprofit, with 40,000 nonreligious members working to keep state and church separate.
Michael Nutt @michaelnutt.bsky.social Married Gen-Xer, scientist with a cheerfully perverted sense of humor…and socially and politically to the left…BTW, no DMs please!
Kelly @themiddlepage.bsky.social Tolkien & Medieval studies ✨
Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social Fflyer, Ffotographer, Ffather, Fformer Ffocuspuller. Writes a bit. Living in Wales, interested in Stuff. Next Book: ‘Dark Reading Matter’, 2025..
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Simon Crosby Buttle @scbuttle.bsky.social Opera Singer, Recording Engineer, Star Trek and Tolkien fan.
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Ian M @ianm70.bsky.social computer geek, book person, Tolkien nerd, history researcher, science, occasional politics. He/Him. 
Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social | Historian | 📖 "Massive Resistance and Southern Womanhood" | Heart in New Orleans | Personal account
Tom Emanuel @realtomemanuel.bsky.social Theologian. Tolkien scholar. PhD on The Lord of the Rings and Post-Christianity from the University of Glasgow. Dad. He/him. All views my own.
Blog: queerandback.substack.com
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John Wm. Houghton @numenor.reunitedkingdoms.net Episcopal priest; school & seminary chaplain.
Writes on Tolkien, Bede, Hoosier history.
Dog, Beda.
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Dennis Wise @denniswise.bsky.social Tolkien & fantasy scholar
Editor: SPECULATIVE POETRY & THE MODERN ALLITERATIVE
REVIVAL (https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781683933304/)
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Paul Deane @rhunedhel.bsky.social Editor of Forgotten Ground Regained (https://alliteration.net), a website devoted to modern English alliterative verse. If you like Beowulf, or Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or Tolkien's Fall of Arthur or Sigurd and Gudrun, you're in for a treat.
Tea with Tolkien @teawithtolkien.com An online community and free book club inspired by the life, works, and faith of JRR Tolkien.
Jeremy @uruloke.tolkienguide.com Mostly Tolkien most of the time
https://www.TolkienGuide.com
Andrew Ferguson @trotter.tolkienguide.com Andrew Ferguson - UK #Tolkien and #Hobbit book collecting expert, moderator (Trotter) on http://tolkienguide.com and host on TolkienGuide YouTube http://bit.ly/39FRXWV
Fellowship of Fans @fellowshipoffans.com Entertainment & Middle-earth source and channel breaking the latest news & updates from Tolkien's world and beyond
ArdaCraft @ardacraft.bsky.social Minecraft build server recreating the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. Proud users of the Conquest Reforged mod.
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Digital Tolkien Project @digitaltolkien.com A scholarly project focused on Tolkien from a corpus linguistic and digital humanities perspective. Posts by James Tauber (@jtauber.com)
https://digitaltolkien.com/
James K. Tauber @jtauber.com Using computers to better understand languages, texts, and music.
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