Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. Amateur cook. He/him.
Ramón Soneira-Martínez @rsoneira.bsky.social Historian and Religious Studies scholar.
Postdoctoral fellow at the @oeai.bsky.social
Atheism, heterodoxy, and religious deviance in ancient times.
#religiones #religion
Michael Morrell @genuinemichael.bsky.social Opti-mystic writer & futurist; father of two. Author with Richard Rohr of 'The Divine Dance.' Co-founder, Wild Goose Festival . Curator, TheSpeakeasy.info Read my stuff @ MikeMorrell.org/BonusChapter
Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats @adamlaats.bsky.social Education historian at Binghamton U (SUNY). Columbo fan. Books about schools, religion, conservatism. Now writing about the roots of US public schools, c. 1790-1860. Check out adamlaats.net
Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social Advising Director, Professional Problem Solver, Religious Studies Scholar, Organizational Entrepreneur. My views however misguided, are always my own. Wahoowa! 🧡💙
James F. McGrath (ReligionProf) @religionprof.bsky.social Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University in Indianapolis
Lucy Moloney @lucyelm.bsky.social medievalist • MA • interested in: royal legitimation, political relationship navigation, historical narratives and legends in later medieval British Isles • in a constant state of wanderlust • in Melbourne/Naarm • she/her
Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social Historian of France, the Atlantic world, language, food. Squirrelly cyclist, slowfooted defenseman, working dad. Worried about the 21st century.
https://utoronto.academia.edu/PaulCohen
Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org Taco Bell Quarterly is The World's Most Prestigious Literary Magazine. Unaffiliated with Daddy Taco. We publish the boundaries of cease and desist. tacobellquarterly.org
Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social Historian - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana https://democracyamericana.com (also available in German: https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts) - Website: https://www.thomaszimmer.online/
AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social Answers about history, from historians | Biweekly podcast | "Good history eggs on the internet"| Ask questions at https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/
Drafting the Past @draftingthepast.bsky.social History worth reading. Book reviews, publishing news, craft essays, podcast interviews, all about nonfiction books.
Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social History is for everyone. Every way of doing history is worthwhile. Historians should be paid for their work. www.contingentmagazine.org
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
Joel Baden @joelbaden.bsky.social Professor of Hebrew Bible, Yale University.
Chris Levesque @levesque-chris.bsky.social "Loquacious history bastard." PhD in military history, adjunct professor of history, librarian, archivist. Focus on atrocities in Vietnam, Cold War culture, & religion.
The opinions expressed here do not reflect the views of my employer.
Sally Duncan @sallyforsupervisor.bsky.social Supervisor for Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, Jack Jouett District 🏡 Housing | 💰Economic Growth | 🚌 Transit | 🌳 Recreation | 🎓 Schools
Personal opinions, public record 👩🏼💻
scott b. weingart @scottbot.net past: circus performer; historian of science; librarian; grantmaker; chief data & evaluation officer at NEH.
present: dad; resident scholar at dartmouth; chief technology officer at the library of virginia.
personal account.
https://scottbot.github.io
Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social religious studies professor in Kansas. modern Jewish thought.
book: https://tinyurl.com/4tncyj76
new yorker by birth, father of two kansan children by the grace of god.
אֱהֹב אֶת הַמְּלָאכָה, וּשְׂנָא אֶת הָרַבָּנוּת, וְאַל תִּתְוַדַּע לָרָשׁוּת
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/
Hayden L. Nelson 🌲🐺🦫🔥🪵 @haydenlnelson.bsky.social PhD in History | Environmental and Indigenous History in the American West & Borderlands | Writing an Environmental History of the North Woods | Research Historian @ Minnesota Historical Society | WI➡️MT➡️KS➡️MN
haydenlnelson.com
https://firearchive.omeka.net
Isabel Köster @iotasubscript.bsky.social PhD; associate professor of Roman history and literature; particularly enthusiastic about Roman religion and insults; author of Stealing from the Gods: Temple Robbery in the Roman Imagination (Michigan, 1/2026); never speak for my employer
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
Eva Payne @evapayne.bsky.social Historian of gender, sexuality, and US empire | Author of Empire of Purity: The History of Americans' Global War on Prostitution (Princeton University Press, 2024) | Assistant Prof @ U of Mississippi | Avid birder
https://evabpayne.com
Jennifer Barry @jennisifire.bsky.social Scholar, late antiquity nerd, professor, and author of Gender Violence in Late Antiquity https://www.ucpress.edu/books/gender-violence-in-late-antiquity/hardcover and Bishops in Flight https://www.ucpress.edu/books/bishops-in-flight/paper
Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer’s. Reposts do not indicate agreement.
Ian is the Priest-King of the Sacred Grove at Nemi @poetinbabylon.bsky.social High-Church Pentecostal. Presbyterian (PCUSA) Pastor. UChicago MAPH 16, MA Div 21. 19/20C History of Religions. Great Prairie State Enjoyer (and Loyalist to the Khan of Springfield). Dungeon Master. Yasuki Courtier. On the Spectrum. #MessiaenIsLove
Dr. Flora x. Tang @missfloratang.bsky.social theologian @krocinstitute @notredame | big #liturgay energy | 📚🤔: queer ecological futurities, trauma theology; diaspora-indigeneity-ethnonationalism; land justice | she/her
I was funnier on twitter but then a f*cist bought the website
Kori Pacyniak (they/them) 🏳️⚧️ @kpacyniak.bsky.social PhD in queer & trans studies in religion @UCRiverside | Lecturer in LGBTQ studies @SDSU | lived religion, ethics, gender, sexuality, religion, pop culture, practical theology | sometimes tall ships and nerdy things | https://www.transgendercatholics.com
neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social Collector. Antiquary. The Material Culture of the Jacobites (2014). Guthrie’s Guide to Better Legal Writing (2017, 2021). Trustee, George R Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto
Karen deVries, PhD @devriesious.bsky.social Wayfaring Prodigal Daughter. Solvitur ambulando. Food and companion species lover. Queer. Montanan at heart. History of Consciousness alum. Currently professing in Philosophy and Religion at UC/Colorado Springs.
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians @berksconference.bsky.social A professional organization for women historians and historians of women, gender and sexualities. We welcome historians at all points of their career, from students to retirees and from all professional contexts.
Darlene McLeod @darlenemcleod.bsky.social uOttawa PhD student specializing in ritual studies; researching ritual in Christo-fascism in Canada and abroad; if I pin you, it's probably research; granola aficionado; bike commuter; 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally; frequently swearing 🇨🇦
https://onritesandwrongs.com/
Burke Gerstenschlager @bleaktheology.bsky.social Finishing “Tears in Their Eyes: Joy Division as Theological Lamentation”. Former academic book editor. Religion & culture writer. Kierkegaardian. Antifascist. UT Austin Classics BA. YDS MDiv. Lutherpalian. Your post-punk counterweight to joy in Brooklyn.
Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social Advisor and Lecturer @ UVA
Working on early Christianity, slavery, & Roman Palestine
Cat dad | Minnesotan | 🏳️🌈 | http://chancebonar.com
Books: bit.ly/3R8LXbo + bit.ly/4iMBSwy + bit.ly/4dBmCSk
Michael Blanding @michaelblanding.bsky.social Investigative journalist and author of new book, The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby (July 2026). Also: In Shakespeare's Shadow and NYT bestseller The Map Thief. www.michaelblanding.com
Ryne Beddard @rybeddard.bsky.social American Religious History | Religion and Race in US South | Environmental Humanities | Ph.D. UNC-Chapel Hill | Swamp Lover
Sie @sie.bsky.social PhD candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill | writing about milk, race, and religion
Teemu Taira @teemutaira.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religion. Researching public discourses on religion; atheism and nonreligion; religion and news media; methodology. Author of Taking "Religion" Seriously (2022) and other books.
https://teemutaira.wordpress.com
Casey A’Hearn @caseylogana0122.bsky.social PhD student @ Princeton (Religion in Americas) - scholar of mormonism - digital humanities - blog.clahearn.com
Beatrice Marovich @beamarovich.bsky.social I’m a professor in religious studies, theology & the environmental humanities. I write about death, the underworld, and the things that take root there.
website: www.beatricemarovich.com
substack: https://beatricemarovich.substack.com
Andrew Gardner @andrewbgardner.bsky.social I teach freshmen writings courses and I research and write on religion in the US. My current project examines the origins of theological higher education in the US. https://andrewgardnerphd.com/
Katie Holscher @katieinnm.bsky.social Religious Studies / American Studies at UNM. Historian of Catholicism / Bad Catholic. I write about Catholic missions / horror/ abuse / church-state etc. NW Indiana -> Philly -> Albuquerque (505!). 🇵🇸 Will probably just post stuff about running.
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
James Bielo @secondhandsacred.bsky.social Associate Professor, Dept. of Religious Studies, Northwestern University
John Maiden @johnmaiden.bsky.social Professor of Modern Religious History; Director of Evangelical Studies Program. Researching charismatic renewal on island of Ireland; writing biography of Michael Harper. In spare time frustrated by Manchester United. Manc.
Joshua Paddison @jpaddison.bsky.social Historian of religion, race, North American Wests. My new book is Unholy Sensations: A Story of Sex, Scandal, and California's First Cult Scare: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/unholy-sensations-9780197775325
Sacred Writes Public Scholarship @sacredwrites.bsky.social Helping religion scholars communicate with the public since 2018.
www.sacred-writes.org
Lauren A. Tassone @tassone.bsky.social PhD student in Religion @ Harvard focusing on Catholicism, gender, & media •
Harvard Divinity and UMich alum | views my own
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/
Society for U.S. Intellectual History @susih.bsky.social The official Society for U.S. Intellectual History Account at Bluesky! #USIH
Jacob Barrett @jakebarrett25.bsky.social PhD Candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill | Thinking about Religion, Sex, and Governance | Host at New Books Network - Religion | All Taylor Swift opinions are my own
https://thereluctantamericanist.com
Lynn Huber @lhuber.bsky.social Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University. I write about Revelation and gender, queer hermeneutics. Currently working on a book about color, race, and Revelation. Originally from PDX. I love dogs. I craft and make art.
www.lynnrhuber.com
Religion Call For Papers (relcfp) @relcfp.com RELCFP is a religious studies call for papers repository (relcfp.com)
Johanna Mueller @johanna-mueller.bsky.social PhD candidate in American Religions at Stanford
APSA Religion and Politics Section @apsareligion.bsky.social The Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association works to encourage the study of the interrelations between religion and politics.
Christopher Jones @ccjones.bsky.social Historian.
Author, Methodist Connections: Early American Religion in the Revolutionary Atlantic World (forthcoming, Cornell UP).
Now researching global history of religion + soccer.
Editor, Journal of Mormon History.
Tess Starman, PhD @tessstarman.bsky.social Studying intersections of religion, politics, race, gender, and sexuality.
www.tessstarman.com
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/
Harvard Divinity School @harvarddivinity.bsky.social Make a World of Difference #WeAreHarvardDivinity
Duke Divinity School @dukedivinity.bsky.social As the spiritual center of a great research university, Duke Divinity School forms innovative Christian leaders for the church and the world.
Kelsey Hanson Woodruff @khansonwoodruff.bsky.social Researching and writing about American Christianity, gender, media, and politics.
Postdoc at Wesleyan University.
Laura K Field @lkatfield.bsky.social Scholar in Residence at the Niskanen Center in DC. Author of Furious Minds, about the MAGA New Right. Bylines at The Bulwark, The New Republic, Politico, NYT, The Atlantic.
www.lkfield.com
Also with American University, Illiberalism Studies at GW.
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Dr. Anca Wilkening @historianca.bsky.social Religious Studies, Indigenous Studies, Queer Studies in Early America. UPenn Postdoc on Lenapehoking. Archival and Mushroom Nerd. Chronic Former Gifted Kid.
WTJU @wtjuradio.bsky.social WTJU 91.1FM is a community radio station, serving central Virginia and beyond, bringing people together through music, arts, education, and human connection. Listen on wtju.net.
Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social Historian of #VastEarlyAmerica, gender, family & politics | Director & Librarian @ JCBLibrary | History Prof @ Brown U
#LineageTheBook OUP July, 2025 | On some other platforms and also @ karinwulf.com | Opinions here just mine.
Chanhee Heo 허찬희 @chanheeheo.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Associate at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis | race and religion in the pacific | dog mom
The Immanent Frame (SSRC) @immanentframe.bsky.social The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere. It was founded in October 2007 in conjunction with the Social Science Research Council’s program @religionssrc.bsky.social.
Anthony B. Smith @anthonyb1939.bsky.social Film, religion, politics. The Look of Catholics: Portrayals in Popular Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War (University Press of Kansas).
Tim Longman 🏳️🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social Poli Sci and IR prof at BU. Posts on Africa, human rights, US politics, LGBTQ+, religion & politics. Progressive, Christian, proud gay dad.
2 books on Rwanda. Currently writing book on church and state across Africa and another on LGBTQ backlash in Africa
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.
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/
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)
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
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
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
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
RRCHNM @rrchnm.bsky.social The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media leverages technology to democratize history.
https://rrchnm.org/
Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
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
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
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.
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.
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
Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social History Professor | Race, Religion, and Masculinity in the Black Freedom Struggle
Derek Barker @dwmbarker.bsky.social Senior program officer for research initiatives, Kettering Foundation. Leads Kettering-Gallup Democracy for All Project annual survey. Studies democracy, virtue ethics, and Aristotle; Orioles fan.
Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social Michigander with ideas about ancient history, writing, cats, bikes
I'm probably gonna ask you what you're writing
New book! Things Unseen, available open access from University of California Press: https://luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1525/luminos.253
Ray Bradbury Center @raybradburycenter.bsky.social
Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life @citap.bsky.social We research the intersection of technology platforms and democratic society.
Our work produces insights that inform a digital future rooted in equality and justice.
https://linktr.ee/unc_citap
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.
Jennifer McClure Haraway @jmcclureharaway.bsky.social Samford University sociologist of religion studying congregations and social networks
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.
Jesse Curtis @jessecurtis.bsky.social Assistant Professor of History, Valparaiso University.
Author of The Myth of Colorblind Christians.
Working on new book on evangelical childhood.
Rusty Hawkins @rustyhawkins.bsky.social Historian of Religion and Race in the U.S. Author of THE BIBLE TOLD THEM SO.
Dean of John Wesley Honors College, Indiana Wesleyan University.
Alena Smith @alenasmith13.bsky.social PhD Candidate @Stanford | religion & politics
J Barts, PhD (he/him/his) @jbartashius.bsky.social religion & film/gender/migration. pubs on stranger things/lady bird/fight club. bylines: @japantimes@kyotojournal@civilbeat
@religiondispatches@deepkyoto
https://buymeacoffee.com/jbartashius
Shelly Penton @plaidsilk.bsky.social Religious Studies, ABD. Vanderbilt–>UChicago–>University of Virginia. Skeets my own.