Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social Journalist w/ a camera & a pen, friend to wayward machines.
Transit reporter at the New York Daily News, Vice Chair of the Daily News Union.
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
I cover religion, politics & gender sarahstankorb.substack.com | Insta/Threads: @sarahstankorb
Dr Katie Gaddini @drkatiegaddini.bsky.social Associate Prof of Sociology
@UCL | Research Fellow @Stanford | 'Esther's Army: The Christian Women Who Power the American Right' June 2026 with @Norton
Sophia Arjana @drarjana.bsky.social Religion scholar, mom, Muslim, quilter, traveler 
Dr. Giulia Evolvi @giuliaevolvi.bsky.social When I'm not busy cooking or being sarcastic, I work on digital religion & gender.
If you meet me in person, I'm probably the one wearing purple.
Website: https://giuliaevolvi.com/
David Feltmate @davidfeltmate.bsky.social Professor of Sociology; Scholar of Religion and Popular Culture, Humor, and Social Theory; Co-editor, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture
Jolyon Thomas @jolyonbt.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of Religious Studies @ Penn. Books: Drawing on Tradition (2012), Faking Liberties (2019); New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (2025); Animating Action (coming Dec 2026); Difficult Subjects (coming Fall 2027). More: jolyon.thomasresearch.org
Sohini Sarah Pillai @sohinipillai.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Religion & Director of Film and Media Studies at Kalamazoo College. Mahabharata & Bollywood & Star Wars Fan. Dog Mom. she/her/hers
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action @bendthearc.bsky.social We are uniting a movement of progressive American Jews and allies fighting for justice for all.
www.bendthearc.us
Jason Eric Bystrom @jasonbystrom.bsky.social Multiculti mash-ups from the far edge of the Western world (Berkeley, CA): religion, food, language, education, photography, music, basic human decency.
Noelle Cook @noellecook.com Author of THE CONSPIRACISTS: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging (Broadleaf Books, 2026) | Associate Producer + Researcher, THE CONSPIRACISTS (2024) noellecook.com
https://linktr.ee/NoelleCook
Kelsey Hanson Woodruff @khansonwoodruff.bsky.social Researching and writing about American Christianity, gender, media, and politics.
Postdoc at Wesleyan University.
Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social Princeton University Press is an independent nonprofit publisher. Our books spark engaging discussions and present bold ideas from leading experts worldwide.
McKenzie Watson-Fore @mwatsonfore.bsky.social (She/her) I write, dance, and watercolor my feelings. Catch me online at mwatsonfore[dot]substack[dot]com. Opinions and hot takes my own.
Religion Dispatches @religiondispatches.org bringing you religion, culture, and politics since 2008
* award-winning
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RD is a @praeyesright.bsky.social publication
want to write for RD? check out https://religiondispatches.org/submissions/
Candace Lukasik @clukasik.bsky.social Yang Visiting Scholar in World Christianity at Harvard Divinity School
Author of “Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire” (2025)
www.candacelukasik.com
Emma Cieslik (she/her) @eocieslik.bsky.social She/her • Queer, disabled, and neurodiverse museum professional and public historian • Queer religion, folklore, and accessibility • Views my own 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♿️
Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social Emeritus Professor @ SOAS, University of London.
Multilingual account, mainly about my publications and activities. More postings on X @gilbertachcar
Website: https://gilbert-achcar.net/
Ellie Broughton @elliebroughton.bsky.social Freelance writer @the-independent.com @inews.co.uk @theguardian.com @theleaduk.bsky.social @therevealer.bsky.social @literaryhub.bsky.social @newhumanist.bsky.social
✉️ elliebroughton@gmail.com
Rob von Thaden @rvontha.bsky.social Denizen of the North Coast who cogitates about cognition, sacred texts, and other sundries. Should be writing about Galatians. (Views are my own)
Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
Bill Kole @billkole.bsky.social Author of IN GUNS WE TRUST, 2026 religion book of the year. Runner, sailor, fly fisherman. billkolebooks.com https://substack.com/@billkole
Adrienne Krone @adriennekrone.bsky.social Associate Professor of Environmental Science & Sustainability and Religious Studies. She/her/hers
Dr. Wolff @wolffdr.bsky.social My research focuses on intersex and trans justice. Wish I was paddle boarding.
https://www.dukeupress.edu/body-problems
imogen sayers @imogensayers.ca she/her 🏳️⚧️, journalist & audio extrodinaire, advisory board for @transnews.network, words in slate, trans news network, the revealer, uncloseted media & gay times. TIPS: imogensayers.07 on signal
Diana Kruzman @dkruzman.bsky.social I write and report at the intersection of the environment, human rights, and geopolitics. Current @icwa.org fellow in Amman/Cairo/Beirut. Writing in @thebaffler.com, @newlinesmag.bsky.social, @jewishcurrents.bsky.social & etc. Californian at large. She/her
Tia Noelle Pratt @tiaphd.bsky.social Sociologist, Bartender, University Administrator and Professor, Author BLACK AND CATHOLIC: RACISM, IDENTITY, AND RELIGION (University of Notre Dame Press 2025)
Dr. Jimmy Hoke @jimmyhoke.com AKA QueerBibleNerd
www.jimmyhoke.com
Queer Feminist New Testament Scholar
Author: Feminism, Queerness, Affect, and Romans: Under God? (https://cart.sbl-site.org/books/064531P)
Creator: Queering the Lectionary (patreon.com/queerlectionary)
they/them/(he)
Jerry Portwood @jwportwood.bsky.social Writer, Editor, Journalist, Teacher, Friend | Founder of The Queer Love Project | https://queerloveproject.substack.com/
Rev. Angela Denker @angeladenker.bsky.social author of DISCIPLES OF WHITE JESUS March '25 | RED STATE CHRISTIANS '22 + '19 | https://angeladenker.substack.com | mom of 2 boys | censored columnist | Lutheran Pastor | Here for the Truth
Amanda H. Carroll 😷 💕 📚 @amandahcarroll.bsky.social Gentle parenting mother of 3. Happily married. Sociology professor. Christian. Politically liberal Texan. Avid reader. COVID conscious. Feminist. Trying hard to love my neighbor. She/her
randy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social Okie journo + editor; Hromadske, New Yorker, AJE, Baffler, et al
Tulsa / Baltimore / mieszkam w Warszawie
he/him for str8s
Signal: thephatic.39
Magdi Jacobs @magdi.bsky.social I write about politics, culture, & science.
Anuj Behal @anujbehal.bsky.social Independent Journalist
Philip Deslippe @philipdeslippe.bsky.social 
David W. Congdon @dwcongdon.com Senior Editor, University Press of Kansas | Lecturer, KU | Who Is a New Christian? (Cambridge, 2024) | Bylines: Christian Century, Sojourners, Presby Outlook, Revealer
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
Justin Sabia-Tanis @justinsabia-tanis.bsky.social 
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
Sojourners @sojo.net Putting faith into action for social justice. Read sojo.net.
Elena Trueba @elenactrueba.bsky.social Writing (mostly) about religion and politics. Harvard Divinity School alum. Notebooks and cups of cold coffee scattered around my house. Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/elenatrueba
Mary-Jane Rubenstein @mjrubenstein.bsky.social teacher, author, peacenik. www.maryjanerubenstein.com https://bit.ly/Astrotopia, https://bit.ly/WorldsWithoutEndMultiverse, https://bit.ly/Pantheologies, https://bit.ly/StrangeWonder, https://bit.ly/EntangledWorlds
Sandra Sullivan-Dunbar @sandrasulldun.bsky.social I teach religious ethics at Loyola University Chicago. Currently writing on reproductive justice, Catholic abortion discourse & and threats to democracy.
Dr. Shelley Sella | #BookSky @doctorshelleysella.bsky.social 🩺 1st woman to openly provide third-tri abortion care in the United States
📚”Beyond Limits” is available for pre-order!
💻 ShelleySella.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.
Dr. Sophie Bjork-James @sbjorkjames.bsky.social Assistant Prof, Anthropologist, Race/anti-racism, gender and religion, reproductive politics
Anna M. Gade @profannag.bsky.social Academic concerns, religion, environment, Asia/Indonesia | [Envir. Ethics (forth.)] | Muslim Environmentalisms (Columbia UP) | The Qur’an: An Introduction | opinions my own | she/her
Bill Girard @billgirard.bsky.social Anthropologist.
New project: Christianity and Fossil Fuels (what I call "Carbon Christianity").
Ongoing Research: Honduras, Christianity, Secularism, Race and Religion.
https://mtholyoke.academia.edu/WilliamGirard
Anne Lamott @annelamott.bsky.social Mother, wife, Nana, activist, Sunday School teacher, sister. Bird by Bird, Somehow: Thoughts on Love. Old quotes compiled by Dean Dauphinais.
Susan Katz Miller @susankatzmiller.bsky.social Author, Speaker, Interfaith Activist, (she/her)
Resource on interfaith families, and multiple religious practice.
https://www.susankatzmiller.com
Queer Fortress @fortress-frederick.bsky.social Unbreakable. Unyielding. Fighting for #LGBTQ+ liberation through action, solidarity, and resilience. #DemCast #WFP #Indivisible #FieldTeam6 #FrederickMD #Maryland #Queer #BlueCrew
Rabbi Mark Sameth @rabbimarksameth.bsky.social Author of "The Name: A History of the Dual-Gendered Hebrew Name for God." https://www.rabbimarksameth.com/
Michele Somerville she/her @michelesomerville.bsky.social NYC mama, poet, writer, teacher, religion scholar. Books (poems): Glamourous Life, Black Irish, WISEGAL. Bylines: NYT,
https://indietheology.substack.com Harvard Div. Bulletin, oodles of jobs & journals.
https://linktr.ee/mmsnypoet
Rosemary Pennington @rompenni.bsky.social Professor & Chair Department of Media, Journalism & Film at Miami University. Host Stats + Stories podcast. The horrors persist and so do I. Opinions my own. she/her
Sarah McCammon @sarahmccammon.bsky.social Host, ‘Unmoderated’ Podcast
Senior Fellow, Third Way
Former NPR Political Correspondent + Co-host, NPR Politics Podcast
Author, NYT Bestseller, ‘The Exvangelicals’
Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social A program of the Social Science Research Council, R&PS fosters research, discussion, and engagement around religion, secularism, spirituality, and belief. Publisher of online publications Intersections and @immanentframe.bsky.social.
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.
Anne Mocko @themockowl.bsky.social scholar, faculty-person, Minnesotan
trying hard to make my corner of the world a better place
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.
Shayna Weiss @shaynamalka.bsky.social Jewish studies scholar and pop culture obsessive.
Holy Waters is out May 2027! https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/holy-waters/9781978848375
Sacred Writes Public Scholarship @sacredwrites.bsky.social Helping religion scholars communicate with the public since 2018.
www.sacred-writes.org
Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social Your favorite nonprofit indie publisher of radical nonfiction since 1854.
beacon.org
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!
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
Lisa Morrow @goreme1990.bsky.social Sociologist, author and travel writer living in Istanbul. Bylines: NYT Travel, BBC Travel, Fodors, The Revealer, CNN Travel. Books: Longing for IstanbuI, Inside Out In Istanbul, Istanbul Dreams, Exploring Turkish Landscapes, Istanbul 50 Unsung Places.
D. Ashley Campbell @datcampbell.bsky.social PhD in telling stories and meaning-making | Ask me about media, religion, & national narratives | part-time Editor | Religionish Podcast | blogging @ Sitting in the Stacks | she/her
datcampbell.com
NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social "Downtown to the World," NYU Press amplifies NYU's leadership in global higher education and research through influential publications that embody the university's core mission and creative identity.
Find us at: nyupress.org
Miguel Petrosky @miguelpetrosky.bsky.social Essayist | Writer | Journalist. Religion and social movements’ influence on American politics and culture.
Chris Cantwell @cdc29.bsky.social Birdwatching Historian of Birdwatching
Associate Professor of History | Loyola University Chicago
https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/profiles/cantwellchristopher.shtml
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.
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
Andrew Krinks @andrewkrinks.bsky.social Educator, writer & movement builder at intersection of religion, race, carcerality & abolition. Book: White Property, Black Trespass: Racial Capitalism & the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization (NYU Press 2024). Nashville, TN. linktr.ee/andrewkrinks
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
Robert P. Jones @robertpjones.bsky.social President and founder of PRRI and NYT bestselling author of Backslide; The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy; White Too Long; The End of White Christian America. Writing at https://www.redeemingdemocracy.net.
Hella Winston @hellawinston.bsky.social Sociologist, doc film producer & freelance raker of muck. Soon to be real estate novelist.
📚Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels; Re-Skilling America
📽 26.2 to Life
Ferryvangelist⛴️
Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social Senior Research Analyst @PRAEyesRight. I write and train on antisemitism, white Christian nationalism, the MAGA Right, Israel/Palestine, Christian Zionism. Co-author Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism. benlorber.com
David Newheiser @dnewheiser.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Religious Studies / writes on religion & ethics, politics, culture / dreams of democracy, art, & other miracles / 📙 Varieties of Atheism: http://bit.ly/3CaNe4
https://dnewheiser.net/
erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social professor of media, culture, and communication. editor, public culture. organizer, oikos working group on kinship/economy. enthusiast.
(@fstflofscholars over yonder)- S Sarah Emanuel @saremanuel.bsky.social
Sharrona Pearl @sharrona.bsky.social Professional nerd. Follows feminists. Forthcoming book: Do I Know You http://shorturl.at/apEIJ agent @mackenzieagency, bylines in various places, she/her/היא
Lauren Horn Griffin @laurenhorngriffin.bsky.social assistant prof of religious studies at LSU
Matthew D. Taylor @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social visiting scholar at @faithandjustice.bsky.social | creator: "Charismatic Revival Fury" podcast | author: "The Violent Take It by Force" | www.drmatthewdtaylor.com
carmela guaglianone @carmela.bsky.social 
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social I’m University Research Professor in the Study of Religion and was a longtime Dept Chair but now teach, read, write, and have opinions on the fate of higher ed.
Emily D. Crews @emilydcrews.bsky.social Executive Director Marty Center at UChiDivinity. Historian of religions in US/Africa. Relig + gender, reproductive politics, art, abolition. She/her/hers
Alexandria Griffin @alexandriagriffin.bsky.social Studying Catholicism and race in America.
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
NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social LGBTQ+ journalists and communicators on a mission to improve coverage.
linktr.ee/NLGJA
Ryan Halloran, Ph.D. @halloranphd.bsky.social He/Him | Religion Ph.D. from @temple.edu | Researches Catholicism, Masculinity, & Sports in 20th c. U.S. | Philly Sports fanatic | History geek
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.
Joseph Stuart @jstuart.bsky.social History Professor | Race, Religion, and Masculinity in the Black Freedom Struggle
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
Sam Kestenbaum @skestenbaum.bsky.social Journalist covering religious life in America
www.samkestenbaum.com
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
Heather Greene @heathergreene01.bsky.social editor. journalist. witch. author of "Lights, Camera, Witchcraft" Byline:
@religionnewssvc, @religionunplugged. Acquisitions Editor: Llewellyn Worldwide. Co-Founder of Mystic South Conference. Co-Host Podcast: Witch's Movie Coven.
Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social Once and future journalist • Religion, politics, gender • Alum: TIME, Yahoo, Washington Monthly, Harvard Divinity, University of Michigan
Daniel Burke @burke13.bsky.social Senior Editor of Religion & Spirituality @NPR. Past lives @CNN and @RNS. Co-wrote a new biography of Pope Leo XIV. Find me here: https://danielburke.org/
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.
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