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Andrew Mark Henry @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social PhD of late antique Mediterranean religion | YouTuber @ Religion For Breakfast
Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social Podcast host & writer. US & UK politics, philosophy, religion, & the odd food pics.
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
Dr. Laura Robinson @laurarbnsn.bsky.social New Testament Review Podcast. Not Peer Reviewed on Substack. PhD New Testament, Duke. Follow for New Testament, theology, crochet, pop culture, excessive cat documentation.
Ian N Mills @iannelsonmills.bsky.social Research Fellow for the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry @AustralianCatholicUniversity | Ph.D. in Religion, Duke University | Cohost of @NTReviewPod | New Testament and the History of Christianity
Mark Goodacre @goodacre.bsky.social Professor of Religious Studies, Duke University. Host of the NT Pod. I post on New Testament, Christian origins, ABBA, and Doctor Who.
Yii-Jan Lin @janjancl.bsky.social Associate Professor of New Testament • Yale Divinity School • biblical texts in immigration, borders, apocalypse, textuality, biological metaphors
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Dr. Jennifer Quigley @jenniferquigley.bsky.social Associate Professor of New Testament
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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
Kevin Vallier @kvallier.bsky.social Political philosopher (with some political theology and political economy).
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Dr Mai Musié (ሙሴ) @drmaimusie.bsky.social Ancient Historian | Senior Manager @NCACE | Co-founder @ClassicsinComm @UniofOxford |Trustee @TheRomanSoc @AoD
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Yale Divinity School @yaledivinityschool.bsky.social A graduate professional school of Yale University, offering programs of study leading to the degrees of Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Religion, and Master of Sacred Theology.
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Ben Marcus @bpmarcus.bsky.social Writing on religious literacy, religious liberty, and constitutional interpretation. Alum: Yale Law School and Harvard Divinity School. Midwesterner.
James Crossley @jc01229.bsky.social Runs CenSAMM. Univ. of Cambridge & MF Oslo. Prof. & critical studier of religion, politics, John Ball/1381, A. L. Morton, apocalypticism, historical Jesus, English radical tradition. https://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-james-crossley
Angela Erisman @torahgirl.bsky.social Biblical scholar, editor, writer, student of rhetoric, Moses fan-girl. Boy-mom, musician, champagne drinker, CEO. “Seek the wholeness of the city to which I have sent you...for in its wholeness, you will find your own.” - Jeremiah 29:7
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.
Sarah Parkhouse @sarahparkhouse.bsky.social Researcher in early Christianity, (late) antiquity, gods & rituals, landscape & place, gospel literature, martyrs, gnostics, Coptic Egypt, and Roman amphitheatres. https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/sarah.parkhouse
Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich; hosts podcast about the History of Philosophy... without any gaps. www.historyofphilosophy.net
Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | indexer | lay canon @stedscath.bsky.social | series editor for @universitypress.cambridge.org
North American Association for the Study of Religion @naasr.bsky.social NAASR exists to encourage historical, comparative, structural, theoretical, and cognitive approaches to the study of religion.
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Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Galway @csrgalway.bsky.social The Centre for the Study of Religion was established in 2022 at the University of Galway. It aims to support interdisciplinary scholarship in this subject area within the University and to promote public engagement in Ireland and abroad.
Penn Religious Studies @upennrels.bsky.social The Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Dr Tom de Bruin @tdbiii.bsky.social (he/they) non-binary New Testament & Early Christianity scholar, author, sci-fi fan. Assistant Prof Radboud University | Editor of JIBS
Michael Kochenash @mkochenash.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow of Religious Studies at Washington & Jefferson College | pronounced "CAUTION-osh" | he/him
Dain Alexander Smith, PhD @biblegeekphd.bsky.social Dain Alexander Smith (he/him), PhD in New Testament, focuses on Pauline lit, Imperialism, Postcolonialism, Hermeneutic Theories, also ordained in the DoC. Check out my YouTube channel, Bible Geek: https://youtube.com/@biblegeekphd?si=_AXOTAVQA0FXW3bj
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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
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social Texas Monthly senior writer focused on the far right & Christian nationalism. Helped expose the Southern Baptist abuse crisis. Fan of Hip Hop and loud guitars. Send me music.
Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social Critic @nytimes.com. The kind of girl who goes to a late movie in the middle of the week, I'm crazy. Author of WE TELL OURSELVES STORIES (paperback out now!), SALTY (2022), AFTERGLOW (forthcoming). Teaching at NYU XE.
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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social New Yorker executive editor; author of “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” from Doubleday.
Daniel Schultz @dandadad.bsky.social Formerly: Crank theologian known as pastordan
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Sam Kestenbaum @skestenbaum.bsky.social Journalist covering religious life in America
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Jonathan Merritt @jonathanmerritt.bsky.social Author | Columnist | Uncle | New Yorker
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
Liam Adams @liamsadams.bsky.social Covering religion and politics in Germany as part of the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship.
Past: Religion reporter at The Tennessean. From New England to D.C. to Colorado to Tennessee.
Emily Belz @emilybelz.bsky.social Senior news editor | Christianity Today
ebelz@christianitytoday.com
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fan of baseball, chess, McDonald’s apple pie. Opinions mine.
Daniel Burke @burke13.bsky.social Senior Editor of Religion & Spirituality @NPR. Past lives @CNN and @RNS. Writing a biography of Pope Leo XIV, which you can pre-order here:
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Kevin Clarke @clarkeatamerica.bsky.social Chief correspondent, America Media. Send me tips and pitches at clarke@americamedia.org: www.americamagazine.org/dispatches
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Heather Greene @heathergreene01.bsky.social editor. journalist. witch. author of "Lights, Camera, Witchcraft" Byline:
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Kathryn Post @kathrynpost.bsky.social National Reporter for Religion News Service. I cover exvangelicals and religious 'nones,' Christian higher ed., abuse and religious trauma, religion and culture. Find me on Signal: KathrynPost.08 https://religionnews.com/author/kathryn-post
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social "I don't need an agenda — I just tell the truth. Let it off the leash and don't touch it. It knows what to do."
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Cathleen Falsani @godgrrl.bsky.social Author | Creative consultant | Occasional journalist |
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Tiffany Stanley @tiffanystanley.bsky.social Associated Press editor & reporter on the global religion team
RNS @rns.org Covering the world of religion. https://rns.org
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Betsy Shirley @betsyshirley.bsky.social Editor in chief at Sojourners.
Sarah Stankorb @sarahstankorb.bsky.social Journo and author:
Disobedient Women (Nat. best seller)
FORTHCOMING 📕: Damned If She Does: Why Women Quit Church & What It Means for the Future of Religion
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Mary Gladstone @marygladstone.bsky.social Freelance editor with clients and interests ranging from religion/faith in public life to national security. Nature enthusiast, dog lover, fair-to-middling pickleball player.
Sarah McCammon @sarahmccammon.bsky.social Host, ‘What It Takes’ Podcast
Senior Fellow, Third Way
Former NPR Political Correspondent + Co-host, NPR Politics Podcast
Author, NYT Bestseller, ‘The Exvangelicals’
@paulodonnellrns.bsky.social @paulodonnellrns.bsky.social Editor-in-chief, RNS
Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social Science Correspondent & Religious Affairs Correspondent at The Times of London | Shortlisted for Specialist Journalist of the Year for religion work at the 2024 Press Awards and Science Journalist of the Year at the 2025 and 2026 Press Awards | My account
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Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org Vatican correspondent for Reuters. I travel with the pope sometimes. Dual US/EU national. Web: joshmcelwee.org.
Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him
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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
Rebecca Brenner Graham @theotherrbg.bsky.social Brown postdoc writing a book on the American Revolution in female millennial pop culture for St. Martin’s www.rebeccabrennergraham.com
Brent S. Sirota @brentsirota.bsky.social Time-lag accumulator. Professor of History at NC State University. I write about church & state in the long eighteenth century Atlantic world.
Lauren Turek @laurenfturek.bsky.social Historian of U.S. foreign relations, human rights, & religion. Associate Professor of History & Director of Museum Studies at Trinity University. Musician and sci fi fan.
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
Ronit Stahl @ronitstahl.bsky.social Historian @ UCBerkeley | Author: Enlisting Faith http://tinyurl.com/yyh2p4tq | current project: religious hospitals & conscience rights | sometimes quilts, sometimes climbs | posts my own | she/her
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.
Taylor Petrey @taylorpetrey.bsky.social Professor of Religion at Kalamazoo College.
Early Christianity, Gender Studies, Mormonism
Peter J. Thuesen @peterjthuesen.bsky.social Historian of American religion. Writing a book on Boston's Richard Cardinal Cushing (1895-1970), who was loved more for his humanity than his consistency. Previous books: Tornado God (OUP), Predestination (OUP), In Discordance with the Scriptures (OUP).
Spencer W. McBride @spencerwmcbride.bsky.social Historian & Writer
Katie Ludlow Rich @katieludlowrich.bsky.social Award winning Historian • Ghostwriter
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AmandaHK @hendrixkomoto.bsky.social Historian, Mother, Redhead.
Author Imperial Zions: Race, Religion, and Family in the American West and the Pacific
Robin Jensen @rsjensen12345.bsky.social Historian, archivist, documents lover. Let's talk Mormon historic print culture, shall we?
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
Ben Wright @ben-wright.bsky.social Historian. Teacher. Author. Cheesehead. Springnut.
drbenwright.com
Laurie Maffly-Kipp @maffkipp.bsky.social Here to talk about all the officially prohibited things: religion, politics, race.
Hidetaka Hirota @hidehirota.bsky.social Historian of US immigration. Teaches at UC Berkeley. Vice President of @iehs.bsky.social. Author of Expelling the Poor (Oxford). Writing books on foreign contract labor law and on transpacific Japanese migration.
Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social Historian of religion & gender in the 19th c US, drinker of tea in the 21st c US. Museum educator at MTH&M. Wrote some quit lit you may have read. Founder & editor at contingentmagazine.org. Former academic. Sings with Voices of Concinnity. She/her.
Kate Carte @kecarte.bsky.social Early Americanist, mom, runner, fiction buff, yarn arts for meditation, but not with much skill.
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
Paul Harvey @pharvey61.bsky.social History, religion, books, basketball, coffee, yerba mate, wine, music, cats, academia, ongoing bonfire of the humanities. https://paulharvey.org
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/