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.
Sumita Pahwa @sumitapahwa.bsky.social Social scientist, Bombayite, Californian, ex-Cairene. Mango maven. Cat lady. Teaches at Scripps College. Deeply sourced expert in search of novel gustatory experiences. If you post/snipe, anonymously, expect to be blocked.
Jan-Philip Steinmann @jpsteinmann.bsky.social PostDoc | Sociologist | @KFN | @FGZ | Social inequalities | Migration and integration | Right-wing populism | Deviant behavior | Religion
https://www.jan-philip-steinmann.com/
Joseph Roso @josephroso.bsky.social Assistant professor of sociology at Ambrose University in Calgary, AB. I study religion, politics, and organizations.
⚾️⚾️⚾️ This account is a vehicle for subjecting my academic colleagues to baseball takes ⚾️⚾️⚾️
http://josephroso.com/
Lisa Pearce @lisapearce.bsky.social https://lisapearce.web.unc.edu/
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.
Nazita Lajevardi @nazita.bsky.social Political scientist. Scholar of race, religion, and American politics.
Landon Schnabel @landonschnabel.bsky.social Sociologist at Cornell studying inequality and writing a book on how religions are gender-typed. Google Scholar: http://goo.gl/u3FcHK
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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/
Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social Demography nerd at Pew Research Center
Global religious change, sociology
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
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
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
Jacqui Frost @jacquifrost.bsky.social Assistant Professor @PurdueSociology. Researching how nonreligious people live, what science means to people, and why religious change happens.
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
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
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"
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
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
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
Gülay Türkmen @gulayturkmen.bsky.social Sociologist, researcher, writer, editor, teacher, academic nomad
https://www.gulayturkmen.com/
Cihan Tugal @cihantugal.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley
Forthcoming book on right-wing populism
https://sociology.berkeley.edu/faculty/cihan-tugal
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*
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/
Joseph Laycock @josephlaycock.bsky.social I'm a religious studies professor. I study new religious movements, exorcism, and satanic panic, among other topics. https://sites.google.com/view/joseph-p-laycock/
Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social Public scholar of the Bible and religion
For speaking requests: live@thewatermarkagency.com
Seth L. Sanders @nabalkattu.bsky.social "A Laid-Back Country Picker with a Laid-Back Country Mind"
McLeod Chair of Classics, Dalhousie University
UC Davis Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies
Ancient Semitic languages and religions, Jewish Studies, Liberation Philology.
Andrew M. Brockman @andrewmbrockman.bsky.social Hebrew Bible Scholar, Part-time Professor at Saint-Paul University, I also do other things
Sarah Wisialowski @sarahwisialowski.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow | Einstein Center Chronoi | Hebrew Bible, prayer, time, revelation
Reed Carlson @reedcarlson.bsky.social Old Testament, Hebrew Bible & Study of Religion | Episcopal priest | Prof at Sewanee: Univ of the South | Home Page: http://reedcarlson.com | Faculty page: https://theology.sewanee.edu/faculty-staff/reed-carlson/ | Book: https://doi.org/10.1515/97831106700
Marshall Cunningham @marshallcunningham.bsky.social Assistant Instructional Professor in Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East at UChicago; Section Editor at Religion Compass: ANE; he/him/his; Let’s ride bikes; Go Cubbies!
NemOdysseus @nemodysseus.bsky.social PhD in Hebrew Bible in its Greco-Roman Context turned HB scholar turned???
Max Häberlein @maxavenariolus.bsky.social EC researcher Uni Würzburg | Hebrew Bible, LXX & Second Temple Literature
Safwat Marzouk @safwatmarzouk.bsky.social Professor of Old Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary.
Julie Dykes @juliedykes.bsky.social PhD candidate in Old Testament and lecturer at Ambrose University. Studying metaphors in Isaiah 40–55. Happens to be a nerd about a great many things.
Andy Judd @andyjudd.bsky.social Old Testament & Deputy Principal (Community) at Ridley College Melbourne. PhD Sydney Uni. Gadamer, Genre Theory and hermeneutics.
VanessaL @womanisthbscholar.bsky.social Transition leader in graduate theological education. Author of A Womanist Reading of Hebrew Bible Narratives as the Politics of Belonging from an Outsider Within. Loves the outdoors, traveling, and the colors salmon pink and apple green.
Auburn @gingersnapkid.bsky.social OT/HB PhD specializing in Jeremiah, adjunct prof | “Be joyful though you have considered all the facts... Practice resurrection.” -Wendell Berry | slow-DM-checker
Ola Wikander @olawikander.bsky.social Scholar and researcher of ancient languages, August prize-nominated author. Hebraist, Ugaritologist, Semitist, moonlighting in Indo-European.
Ordained in a rare religion.
Abyssum per Sapientiam Linguā Incarnandō.
Ola-Wikander-eng.se
Chip Hardy @chiphardy.bsky.social Professor of Divinity (Old Testament), Beeson Divinity School
https://www.samford.edu/beeson-divinity/directory/Hardy-Chip
Author: Exegetical Journeys in BH|Going Deeper with Biblical Hebrew|Development of BH Prepositions|Exegetical Gems from BH| 쉬운 구약
Sam Won 원영삼 @samobiwon77.bsky.social Field ed | Adjunct Professor OT/Bib Studies
•PhD Biblical Studies DTS
•PharmD UM〽️
Bib Hebrew & OT, intertextuality, covenants |
Field ed/ministry formation.
Former onc pharmacist
🇰🇷🇺🇸 "very Asian"
📖Remembering the Covenants in Song, 2019.
Kevin Foth @kevinfoth.bsky.social Teacher, professor, & biblical scholar. Writing on wisdom, Charlotte Mason, and Isaiah. First book on Psalms available for pre-order here: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666974003/Semantics-and-Poetics-of-the-Righteous-and-the-Wicked-in-the-Psalm
Brennan Breed @brennanbreed.bsky.social Associate Professor of Old Testament at PrincetonTheological Seminary
Stephen Herring @slherring1.bsky.social PhD (University of Aberdeen); teach at OCHJS, LST, ACU, Wycliffe; interested in all things Hebrew Bible; learnbiblicalhebrew.co.uk
Rob Kranz @robkranz.bsky.social PhD Candidate, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Moody Graduate Fellow, SMU Religious Studies. Researching the intersection of Hebrew Bible and Film.- J Jackie Wyse-Rhodes @jackiewyse.bsky.social
Ingrid Lilly @ingridlilly.bsky.social writer on philology, cultural poetics, and medical humanities of biblical & comparative literature. —-professor of religious studies at wofford. —— eco-feminist, adventure-curious, fireplace-socialite, & music-string theorist wannabe.
Dr Marian Kelsey @merkelsey.bsky.social Hebrew Bible scholar. Interested in inner-biblical allusion, literary motifs, biblical reception in the arts, and the book of Jonah.
Jean Maurais @jeanmaurais.bsky.social Prof and Vice-dean @FTEAcadia Old Testament | Early Judaism | Septuagint | Ancient biblical interpretation || Ancien Testament | Judaisme ancien | Septante | Interprétation biblique
Erin J. Beall @erinjbeall.bsky.social PhD, freelance editor/indexer (erintheeditorinfo at gmail dot com), here to make jokes
Stuart Weeks @stuartweeks8.bsky.social Hebrew Bible academic, NE England.
Matthew Monger @biblemonger.bsky.social Scholar of the languages and literature of the Ancient Near East. Focusing on reception history, manuscripts, and material philology.
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society, Oslo.
On YouTube as Biblemonger
Erin Newton @erinnewton.bsky.social Editor, PhD student - Old Testament 🐉, contributing writer for Park Forum, nerd. Erincnewton.com. Typos are here because you get what you pay for on social media.
Oliver Dyma @dyma.eurosky.social Teaching Old Testament @uni-muenster.de
John W. Martens @jwmartens.bsky.social Director, Centre for Christian Engagement at St. Mark’s College, UBC. Professor of Theology. What Matters Most: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/what-matters-most/id1650272494?i=1000628524619. Opinions my own.
Joshua Alfaro @joshuaalfaro.bsky.social Septuagint studies, Hebrew Bible, and all things Esther. Available for proofreading and editing academic publications. All memes handcrafted by me. https://gastrosophie.academia.edu/JoshuaAlfaro
Nathan MacDonald @nathanmacdonald.bsky.social Professor of the Interpretation of the OT, University of Cambridge. Fellow, St John’s. Pentateuch, ritual, cult, priesthood, temple. Views my own.
James Nati @jamesnati.bsky.social Assistant Professor. Hebrew Bible & Early Judaism. Santa Clara University Jesuit School of Theology
Joel Baden @joelbaden.bsky.social Professor of Hebrew Bible, Yale University.
Francesca Stavrakopoulou @proffrancesca.bsky.social Chaired Professor of Hebrew Bible & Ancient Religion. Geeky. Greeky. Atheist. Author. Sideline in TV, radio, etc. GOD: AN ANATOMY winner of PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022. Work profile: https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/1365-francesca-stavrakopoulou
Matt Chalmers @mjchalmers.bsky.social Educator, researcher, scholar of religion | nota bene: guy to ask about Samaritans
Liane Feldman @lianemfeldman.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Religion & Judaic Studies at Princeton University; studying all things temple, sacrifice, and mathematics in Bible and Second Temple Jewish literature. Mediocre but persistent runner; Red Sox fan
Matthew J. Suriano @duderonomy.bsky.social Associate professor and occasional archaeologist | scholar of ancient Western Asia specializing in Hebrew Bible | epigrapher | He/him
Rev. Prof. Matthew J. M. Coomber @mjmcoomber.bsky.social Biblical-studies professor & Episcopal priest doing anarchist interpretation, resisting tyranny, & loving my neighbor | Posts mine
Once described as a “dope teacher” in student eval
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️-ally | Ⓐ
Alexiana Fry @alexianafry.bsky.social HB/OT PhD; all things Bible, trauma, feminism, and migration.
Esther Brownsmith, PhD @brownsmith.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Dayton. Studying dead languages and living ideas. Interested in Hebrew Bible, gender, fanfic theory, and accessible, liberatory pedagogy. She/her.
Christine Mitchell 🇨🇦 @cmitchellsask.bsky.social PhD, scholar of Hebrew Bible and ancient eastern Mediterranean, feminist, settler-Canadian. http://christine-mitchell.ca
Personal site.
Zach Gordon @zachgordon.bsky.social Associate Academic Editor at IVP. Husband, dad, bibliophile. Preoccupied with theology, literature, folklore, and writing. Trying to learn one thing about everything. Generalist approach to life.
Michael Laminack @mlaminack.bsky.social PhD in Religious Studies from University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology with a focus on the intersection of Political Philosophy and Religion.
udenver.academia.edu/MichaelLaminack
Esther Chan (she/her) @estherdchan.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Author of The Limits of Diversity (NYU Press)
CeciMonster @cecimonster.bsky.social They/Them
Huge nerd 🤓
PhD student; Sexuality, Gender, and Pop Culture scholar 📚
Will definitely find a hill to die on somewhere ☠️
https://substack.com/@cecimonster
Kirsty Pattison @kirstypattison.bsky.social PhD student at UofG. Researcher in Esoteric practice in Medieval and Renaissance Scotland. | Theology of Magic | Esotericism & Mysticism | Scottish History | Magic in Scottish literature.
Lover of cats, fine wines and heavy metal.
Anna Halafoff @annahalafoff.bsky.social Sociology of religion, spirituality, nature-connection, disinformation, diverse worldviews, Buddhism in Australia, and Dzogchen
Dr. Joe Ondrak @theondrakguy.bsky.social Cultural intelligence, OSINT & digital policy ¦ human-digital flows; digital narratology; semantic threats; cognitohazards; extremism ¦ PhD on horror; creepypasta; digital fictions & how they shape our collective online experience.
Ry Terran @hereticmasked.bsky.social Exvangelical, atheist, DiY religious studies, cult studies, failed-apocalypse cringe-posting, weird shit, counter-extremism
School of Making Poor Life Choices
Only Slightly Doomed
She/They/bad at gender
My apologies for continuing to be relevant
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.
Dries Bosschaert @3sbos.bsky.social Assistant professor at KU Leuven Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies - History of Contemporary Religious Identities and IDeas (CRIID) - Vatican II - RESILIENCE research infrastructure
Daniel Pigg @danfp.bsky.social Literature, Philosophy, History, Religious Studies, Gender Studies, Episcopalian, University Professor
C. James Law @doclaw.bsky.social Religious studies scholar with a wide range of interests, including but not limited to - civil religion, memorialization, gender, and sexuality
RevDrRaedorah, she/her/Queen @queerqueendom.bsky.social iWrite | poetry, litanies, articles
iEdit | dissertations, books, resumes
iPreach | Jesus, God of every name
iTeach | world religions, academic writing, critical thinking
iManage | C-PTSD, OCD, MDD, neurodivergence
iEnjoy | comedy, theater, art, friends
Jessamyn Neuhaus @geekypedagogy.bsky.social Helping academics & introverts nerd out about teaching. SoTL author + editor, professor of history/education/pop culture & Syracuse University Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence Director. #AcademicSky IDIC https://jessamynneuhaus.com
Sean Hannan @seanhannan.bsky.social Associate Professor at MacEwan University
PhD in History of Christianity from UChicago
Author of this book: http://tinyurl.com/yakq2y4y
And also this book: https://tinyurl.com/42a22cek
More stuff here:
https://seanhannan.hcommons.org/
Sally Nash @rdsallynash.bsky.social Coffee drinking theological educator, spiritual accompanier, author Shame and the church, + ministry, paediatric chaplaincy and youth work stuff, SS Anglican priest, Spurs supporter, sea and sport lover...
Sandra Glahn @sandraglahn.bsky.social Dances with words. Seminary prof. Author/editor/writer. Co-founder, Visual Museum of Women in Christianity (visualmuseum.gallery)
Jon Boyd @jonboyd.org Associate publisher & VP, Editorial at InterVarsity Press (USA)—PhD (History, Johns Hopkins)—Reader, writer, t(h)inker—Words, pages, places—Mechanical typewriting and saxophoning—Disciple, spouse, daddy, friend, Chicagoan. #resist
Warren Kinghorn @warrenkinghorn.bsky.social psychiatrist and theological ethicist at Duke, co-director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School
Catherine McNiel @catherinemcniel.bsky.social ✍️Author. Editor. Speaker. Chaplain. ⛪
ISO: beauty, wisdom, iced coffee. Often seen gardening. MDiv-ing @NPTSem. Please Bible Responsibly
CatherineMcNiel.com
Christina Edmondson @drcedmondson.bsky.social Psychologist| Organizational Strategist| Top 1% Podcast| 2023 NAACP Image Award Nominee| IVP 2023 Justice Book of the Year winner | 💕💚
Author of http://ivpress.com/faithful-antiracism
Matthew Kaemingk @matthewkaemingk.bsky.social Author, Professor | Theology, Ethics, Politics |
Books: Work & Worship, Muslim Immigration, Reformed Public Theology http://bit.ly/3AVvjCe
Podcast: Zealots at the Gate
Roys Report @roysreport.bsky.social Reporting the Truth. Restoring the Church. Christian investigative news website. roysreport.com
Dan Reid @danielgreid.bsky.social Resident alien in the Central Oregon high desert, next door to the Cascades. My background is (PhD) in biblical studies, but interests run wide. Recently: The China We Never Knew: https://dgreid49.substack.com
Pastor Rick Warren @drrickwarren.bsky.social Wrote some books. Have spoken to businesses, churches, and governments in 167 nations. Loves seekers, skeptics, and strugglers.
Megan Lively @meganlively.bsky.social Would rather learn more about you
Let’s make social media kind and fun again 💙