“a fascinating religious development [is] currently underway, one shaped by an understanding that bullets could have prevented the sacrifice at the heart of the Christian faith.” Great piece by ⁦⁦Peter Manseau⁩ on Christianity and gun culture. nytimes.com/2022/06/23/opi…

Can we please stop referring to this Supreme Court as "conservative." It's radical. Nothing conservative about it.

State legislatures matter.

“A society cannot be held together when half of a population has to rely so heavily on the kindness of strangers to do something as basic as work.” — ⁦Tressie McMillan Cottom⁩ nytimes.com/2022/06/28/opi…

This is the state whose governor bragged that it was number 1 for “medical freedom” and parental rights…

Applications are OPEN for the 2nd RESP Fellowship! Calling journos, editors, podcasters, and storytellers fascinated by the crossroads of #religionenvironment. Apps due 8/25. Share widely. Details here: sites.bu.edu/resp/resp-fell…

We did it!

Religious leaders challenging state abortion bans on the grounds of free exercise. This is how we fight our battles over personal sovereignty here in the U.S. — with religious language and arguments. Great 🧵 and reporting by Michelle Boorstein :

A $100 million campaign aims to fix Jesus’ brand from followers’ damage washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/…

It’s publication day! The Women’s Mosque of America: Authority & Community in US Islam NYU Press explores how American Muslim women assert themselves as religious actors at the intersections of gender, religious space, and national belonging. 📖 nyupress.org/9781479811298/…

Amazing!

Catholic organizations buying personal digital data to out clergy. There are so many disturbing parts of this story, but the reporting by Michelle Boorstein Heather Kelly is phenomenal. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/…

Can’t wait to get my hands on this one! I helped with some of the archival research, and it was phenomenal.

RFK Jr has been casting an increasingly wide net to bring religious and racial minority groups into the vaccine hesitancy cause, likening vaccination to targeted oppression and genocide. Fascinating that he’s running as a Dem. cnn.com/2023/04/05/pol…

100% cried during this humorous, sober, philosophical, and autobiographical lecture by my wonderful adviser Stephen Prothero.

I'm editing a special issue of JSSRjournal on religion and bodies. Anxious for great research to publish in this leading journal on anything from #food to #sexuality to #disability and more.

A new Religion for Breakfast video is up and...I wrote it! Watch Andrew Mark Henry and I trace the religious roots of manifesting and the law of attraction! youtube.com/watch?v=gVAeLU…

If this doesn’t scream “marked for deletion,” I don’t know what does.

Really informative and well-designed resource for studying and teaching about congregations. Check it out. 👇