- B Brian Steensland @bsteens.bsky.social Sociology professor. Religion, culture, politics.
Mustafa Emirbayer @memirbayer.bsky.social 
Boniuk Institute @boniukinstitute.bsky.social The Boniuk Institute is a premier interdisciplinary research and scholarly institute at Rice University. We want to understand the conditions that lead to religious conflict, tolerance, and pluralism, and then help people apply our findings.
Margaret G. @meggie2nc.bsky.social do justice/love kindness/walk humbly. Episcopalian. Swarthmore & Harvard Div. alum. she/her/hers Living in NY. Working as a parish admin. Audiobooks, coffee, and cross stitch when not.
Tim Hutchings @tim-hutchings.bsky.social Associate Professor of Religious Ethics at the University of Nottingham. Researcher of Religious Education, digital religion and most things in between. Convenor of the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group.
Christine L. Cusack, PhD @christine-l-cusack.bsky.social Communications professional; Part-time professor. Research focus: Sociology, sociology of religion and social movements. Always pondering our shared 🌎 🌳🍂🌲 | she/her/elle
Tommaso Vitale, Sciences Po, Urban School, CEE @tommasovitale.bsky.social Sociologist | Dean of Sciences Po Urban School | Researcher at the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE)
Active in fostering empirical and theoretical research and mentoring emerging scholars in urban sociology and public policy
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social Associate Professor, Dept. of Religious Studies, Northwestern University
The Law, Rights & Religion Project @lawrightsreligion.bsky.social A law and policy center based at Union Theological Seminary promoting freedom of religion, religious pluralism, and social justice.
https://lawrightsreligion.org/
Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social Executive Director, Blue Missouri. Grassroots organizer. Writer. Former State House nominee. Rural mom fighting for rural schools. Dirt Road Democrat.
Erica Granz Nack @ericagranz.bsky.social Social psychologist & prejudice reduction researcher working with Kim Rios |
PhD student at UIUC |
Uindy Alumna ('19 BS, '21 MS) | she/her/hers
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.
Nicholas T. Pruitt @ntphistory.bsky.social Historian of 20c U.S. religion, politics, and culture | Book w/ NYU Press | Sucker for books and coffee | Views are simply my own.
Joe Phillips @polpsychjoe.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Political Science, Trinity College Dublin. Political Psychology. Polarization. Political Communication.
Rachel J Bacon, PhD @bumblebacon.bsky.social Penn State grad now Census employee. In my spare time I work on projects related to -- sociology, demography, geography, data science, simulation, religion, and health.
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.
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
Johanna Mueller @johanna-mueller.bsky.social PhD candidate in American Religions at Stanford
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/
Lloyd Barba @elprofebarba.bsky.social Relig Prof at Amherst College | current research areas: immigration, Pentecostalism, Latino religion, sanctuary movt., & Cesar Chavez | Go Blue!
The Anxious Bench @anxiousbench.bsky.social Group blog featuring faith, politics, and culture in view of American and global religious history.
Rick Moore @prairiedogking.bsky.social Associate Director for Faculty Programming, WashU CTL. Sociologist of culture, cognition, religion, and other fun things who’s out in the wild trying to help support teaching & learning.
And also the Benevolent Overlord of Cynomys ludovicianus 👑
Ruth Graham @ruthgraham.bsky.social National correspondent at The New York Times covering religion, faith and values. ~Texas~. Ruth.Graham@nytimes.com
Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture @csraac.bsky.social https://raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/
The Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IUI explores the connection between religion and other aspects of American culture.
Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me National Reporter for Religion News Service. "Workaday writer." — The New Yorker. Author of "American Prophets," a book on the religious left. Tips? Try me on Signal: jackmjenkins.60 Website: jackjenkins.me
David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social Check out my Substack "Venezuela and the United States" https://davidsmilde.substack.com/ Opinions expressed are my own.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State @americansunited.bsky.social Bringing together people of all religions and none to defend our democracy & fight for freedom without favor & equality without exception. linktr.ee/au.org
Mathew Guest @mathewjguest.bsky.social Professor, Dept of Theology & Religion, Durham University, UK. Sociologist of religion. Chair of BSA sociology of religion study group. Researching neoliberal religion and worldview diversity in UK universities. Pacifist and Quaker.
United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social UFW - fighting for farm workers since 1962. Sí Se Puede!®
The Bulwark @thebulwark.com Political analysis and reporting free of tribal prejudices. Sign up for our newsletters here: https://thebulwark.com/subscribe
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/ 
Nicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social I teach American history at Cambridge. Views/opinions strictly personal. Content 40% political, 30% historical, 30% cat photos but ratio under constant review
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!
Diane Winston @dhw28.bsky.social I’m a prof of religion, journalism and Comm at USC. Recent book on how news media mainstreamed Reagan’s evangelical vision, normalizing neoliberalism and eventually Christian nationalism. I’m a NewYorker by birth and disposition who loves living in LA.
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.
Pamela Klassen @pklasse.bsky.social U of Toronto Professor, Study of Religion
Joe Blankholm @joeblankholm.bsky.social Associate Professor of Religious Studies at UC-Santa Barbara. Author of The Secular Paradox (NYU 2022). Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project. Book under contract with W. W. Norton.
John Pruitt @jcpruitt.bsky.social PCUSA pastor in NC. Sports fan. Father of two.
Juan J. Sarmiento @juanjsarmiento.bsky.social Very imperfect Jesus follower, family member, and Executive Presbyter @ https://sfpresby.org/
Eddie S. Glaude @esglaude.bsky.social http://prh.com/AmericaUSA | https://www.anativeson.org
Sarah Brayne @sarahbrayne.bsky.social Sociology Professor at Stanford
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social Contributing writer, TPM: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/profile/sarahposner
Host, Reign of Error podcast: https://www.axismundi.us/podcasts/reign-of-error
Author, Unholy
More: https://www.sarahposner.com
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social Sociologist @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @NorthwesternU alum. Author #CitizenOutsider @ucpress.bsky.social. AE @identitiesjournal.bsky.social. Research on race/racism/France & US. Yoga lover & sarcasm expert 
Oscar Stuhler @oms279.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at Northwestern, Visiting Researcher at WZB Berlin
Culture, political sociology, NLP, social networks, computational social science
oscarstuhler.org
Northwestern University Religious Studies Department @northwestern-relst.bsky.social We are the official BluSky site for the Religious Studies Department at Northwestern University. https://religious-studies.northwestern.edu/
Greenberg Center at Trinity College @trincollgreenberg.bsky.social The Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life was established in 1996 to examine the influence of religion on politics, civic culture, family life, gender roles, and other issues in the United States and elsewhere.
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
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. 
Michele Lamont @mlamont.bsky.social Harvard social scientist, author of #SeeingOthers #GettingRespect #DignityofWorkingMen and more.
Curious mind, mother, friend, mentor, professor, sociologist
www.michelelamont.org
Michael Adzema @sillymickel.bsky.social #TruthWarriors Pre/Perinatal Psychologist, Psychohistorian, Psychological Anthropologist, Transpersonal Psychologist, Philosopher, Holotropic Breathworker, Primal Psychotherapist, Ecoactivist, Author: Culture War, Class War 2022; 14 more- amzn.to/2kg2n2p
Naomi Schalit @democracyeditor.bsky.social Politics and Legal Affairs Editor @us.theconversation.com; co-founder w/hubby John Christie of The Maine Monitor. Family of journos & writers. We proofread menus.
E.J. Dionne @ejdionne.bsky.social Prof. McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, New York Times opinion writer. Passionate Celtics fan. Opinions here are my own.
Ben Heller @eleutherialibertas.bsky.social PhD Candidate - Social Psychology
Lab Manager @ DICE Judgement and Decision-Making Lab
Academic Manager - "Game Changers" Excellence Program
Rabbi Mark Sameth @rabbimarksameth.bsky.social Author of "The Name: A History of the Dual-Gendered Hebrew Name for God." https://www.rabbimarksameth.com/
Maggie Goldberger @suburbangothix.bsky.social PhD Student in American Religions UChicago
@ashleynburk.bsky.social @ashleynburk.bsky.social Sociology PhD candidate at the University of Notre Dame studying morality, cognition, therapy, and affective political polarization.
Andy Tix @andytix.bsky.social Psychology Professor and writer, exploring well-being science, religion, and spirituality.
🌐 andytix.com
🌐 psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pursuit-peace
🌐 andytix.substack.com
Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social Official page of The Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Check out our starter packs to find our Faculty and Students.
https://sociology.nd.edu/
Apply to our Program!
https://sociology.nd.edu/graduate-program/admissions-and-funding/
Terence McDonnell @mintytem.bsky.social I'm doing sociology RIGHT NOW.
Culture and Objects
Henkels Family Associate Professor of Sociology
Chair of the Sociology Department at the University of Notre Dame
ASA Political Sociology @asapolisoc.bsky.social Official BlueSky Presence for Political Sociology (PoliSoc), a section of the American Sociology Association
Learn more: http://asapoliticalsoc.org
ASA Theory Section @asatheory.bsky.social Our mission is to advance sociological theory through the exchange of ideas, research, and teaching experiences.
🌐 asatheory.com
Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com The latest news and more from Rolling Stone magazine and http://RollingStone.com. Got a tip? Share it here: http://rol.st/tips
Bruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social Historian, writer. Professor of History, Swarthmore College. Most recent: MURDER IN A MILL TOWN (Oxford UP). Rep'd by Mullane Literary Associates.
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
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 
Jana Berkessel @janaberkessel.bsky.social Post-Doctoral research fellow interested in cross-cultural social & personality psych; especially well-being, SES, religion, open science, and R.
Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social Pro-democracy conservatives Republicans fighting Trump & Trumpism.
Join our growing community on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/republicansagainsttrumpism/p/im-his-lawyer?r=9qjst&utm_medium=ios
John Fea @johnfea1.bsky.social Historian at Lumen Center (Madison, WI) and Messiah University. Author of 6 books. Blogger and podcaster at The Way of Improvement Leads Home. #LGM #Bruuuuuce!
Jeff Birch @jeff-birch.bsky.social Husband, father, pastor. Endeavor by grace to love God, love people and bring the beauty of the gospel to our community.
Fran Cavanagh @francavanagh.bsky.social Postgraduate Researcher at Durham University | Quantitative Social Psychology
Researching social attitudes and prejudice. Machine learning, computational methods, large text datasets, survey experiments.
Danielle Blaylock @blaylockd1.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Psychology at Queen's University Belfast
Shamus Khan @shamuskhan.bsky.social prof @princeton. Views my own
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
American Historical Association @historians.org The American Historical Association is the largest professional organization serving historians in all fields and all professions.
http://historians.org/join
Maggie Frye @maggiefrye.bsky.social Associate prof of sociology, university of Michigan. Also interested in Ann Arbor politics and why there are so many cars.
C.P. Seigler @cp-seigler.bsky.social soc PhD candidate at Princeton ::: gender, sexuality, power, religion, orgs, qual & experimental methods ::: yes, I’m Carolina from South Carolina ::: she/her
Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social Publishing a universe of knowledge for readers worldwide. cup.columbia.edu
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
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.
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.
Karen Levy @karenlevy.bsky.social Law/tech, surveillance, work, truckers. Faculty Cornell Information Science, Cornell Law / Fellow @NewAmerica / Data Driven: http://tinyurl.com/57v559mv / www.karen-levy.net
The Nation Magazine @thenation.com Founded by abolitionists in 1865. Committed to progressive journalism. Subscribe: http://subscriptions.thenation.com.
Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social Princeton Sociology Prof; NASA ethnography; tech policy; digitalSTS; critical technical practice; mobile Linux. Conscientious objector to surveillance capitalism.
https://janet.vertesi.com
https://www.optoutproject.net
@cyberlyra@hachyderm.io
CharlesMBlow @charlesmblow.bsky.social “Blow the Stack” Substack,, Harvard fellow, journalist, political analyst, lecturer, Encyclopedia Brittanica contributor, ex- NYT columnist. https://substack.com/@charlesmblow?r=u6yro&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
Choice Reviews @choicereviews.bsky.social A publishing unit of the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. We support the work of academic librarians by providing tools and services that help them become effective advocates for their patrons
The New Yorker @newyorker.com Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
Follow The New Yorker’s writers and contributors: https://go.bsky.app/Gh5bFwS
Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social Yale University Press in London https://yalebooks.co.uk/
Publishing books that champion arts & humanities 🏰 home of history!
⭐️ For book updates & UK OFFERS join the Yale in London newsletter: bit.ly/YaleBookNews ⭐️
Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Former Congresswoman, CIA Officer, and Federal Agent. Mom.
Laurie Maffly-Kipp @maffkipp.bsky.social Here to talk about all the officially prohibited things: religion, politics, race.
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.
Daniel Vaca @danielvaca.bsky.social assoc. prof. @ Brown University | author of *Evangelicals Incorporated: Books and the Business of Religion in America* (Harvard, 2019) | writing about religion + inequity + taxes + visions of the common good | danielvaca.com
Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social Stendahl Chair at Harvard Divinity School / studying demons, apocalypses, and ancient identities, between memory and forgetting
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.
Heather D Curtis @heatherdcurtis.bsky.social Historian of American Religion. Professor and Director of the Center for the Humanities @ Tufts. 
UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social 📖 The University of North Carolina Press
💚 Est. 1922 | First University Press in the South
📚 Publishing books & journals for academics, students, and general readers
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
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