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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 28d

Some claim "Christian nationalism" is just "loving Jesus" & "being patriotic."

Lots of social scientific evidence shows the "Christianity" of Christian nationalism is much more than that.

In fact, it brings with it 5 pieces of cultural baggage.

kettering.org/five-element...
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Five Elements of Christian Nationalism

Christian nationalism envisions a very particular nation: one that is ordered in such a way that only a certain group remains at the top and in charge while others have limited access to the levers of...

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 12h

Paging @bvkent.bsky.social. He heard a sermon Sunday that said that exactly.

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 13h

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

Uh huh. And is the “burning Democrat city” in the room with us now?

Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 13h

I know this bc of data. But anecdotally: my home congregation growing up had one influential money raising drive whose mottos was “our greatest days are just ahead”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

Uh huh. And is the “burning Democrat city” in the room with us now?

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 13h

Thousands of evangelical congregations embrace the prosperity gospel.

They’ll tsk tsk the TV preachers but endorse this every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Stephen @stephenwaldron.bsky.social · 13h

The statement "Our best is yet to come" is probably more influential in US evangelical churches than any more formal kind of theology at this point.

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Stephen @stephenwaldron.bsky.social · 13h

The statement "Our best is yet to come" is probably more influential in US evangelical churches than any more formal kind of theology at this point.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 20h

“You must have been tired,” said Toad.

“I was tired,” said Frog, “and it started to rain.”

A tired little Frog walks home in the rain.

From "The Corner"
In *Frog and Toad All Year*

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Kevin Kiley @kkiley.bsky.social · 23h

NC State sociology is hiring at the assistant and senior levels. Come work with me and many other great people!

Assistant professor (crime, law, and/or social control): jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/223...

Distinguished professor (race, health, or wellbeing): jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/223...

Assistant Professor of Sociology

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology is accepting applications for a tenure-trackassistant professor of Sociology with a focus on criminology to begin Fall 2026.The successful candidate should...

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Sam Raimi & The Midnight Sons @rochardscott.bsky.social · 1d

“They pose in Christmas cards with guns as big as all their children

They say that Jesus is the way but then they gave him a white face

So they don't have to pray to
someone they deem lesser than them

The South will not rise again
Til it's paid for every sin”

Hayley Williams: True Believer | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats and well-deserved!!!

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Hahrie Han @hahrie.bsky.social · 1d

Totally, completely flabbergasted. #MacFellow

hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/08/h...

Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han receives MacArthur genius grant

Han, who studies political organizing and collective action and who has led the university's SNF Agora Institute since 2019, among 22 individuals to receive coveted MacArthur Foundation recognition

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 1d

You simply cannot understand American politics today without understanding what Christian nationalism and white Christian nationalism are. These are two of the most underdiscussed topics today. Follow @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social @robertpjones.bsky.social & others’ work on this.

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 1d

The effect of social media on my career--particularly introducing my research to a broad audience--is profound. I think many of the opportunities that opened up for me around my writing can be traced back to social media.

Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 1d

Almost every great thing in my life has come through social media: my 3 best friends, my husband, and almost every career opportunity and collaboration. I have no idea what my life would look like if not for social media because it has been so integral to my personal joy and professional success.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 1d

Job posting! OU Sociology is looking to hire a TT Assistant Professor or an accelerated TT or tenured Associate Professor, teaching criminology, criminal justice, & race/ethnicity courses. OU is OK's flagship R1, PhD program, 2-2 load with TA help. Please share!

Details: apply.interfolio.com/174925

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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 1d

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner.

www.texastribune.org/2025/10/07/t...

A picture of Sergio Garcia and George W and Laura Bush. It is signed, To Sergio Garcia with best wishes.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 2d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Tiago Ventura @tiagoventura.bsky.social · 2d

How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?

Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):

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Daniel Winchester @bishopofwestsaxons.bsky.social · 2d

ATTENTION PLEASE. Open access in current issue of @jssreligion.bsky.social

"...[J]ust like the people we study, how scholars make meaning of religious worlds is dependent on what we learn to bring into focus and what we are taught to ignore. As such, we must learn to pay attention to attention."

Becoming Religious as an Education of Attention

A vast literature in the social scientific study of religion demonstrates that religious people are made not born. More specifically, researchers have shown that becoming religious is something that ...

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 2d

Just received word that the employee share of the employee plus spouse & family healthcare premium is increasing by 30%!

The employee only and employee & children premiums are remaining the same.

It gets better! The yearly IU HSA contributions are decreasing by 23%.

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 4d

About to Man Up LA! Private event here tonight, but stay tuned for a phenomenal public event in February.

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 4d

Excited to see the new paperback edition of Addicted to Lust *with a new preface*! I’m proud of the way the arguments in here about “moral incongruence” and pornography use have only received more empirical support in the past 6 years. Great deal on Amazon!
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0197...

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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 6d

Ever wonder how the Supreme Court keeps stacking the deck against democracy? ️

KF Senior Fellow @davidpepperoh.bsky.social reveals 9 tactics that tilt justice away from democracy, including:

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 7d

Important new FREE study by Amy Brooke Grauley. Experiments show when Christian leaders warn Christians against Christian nationalism, they're less likely to identify with it, especially if they don't have strong views on it yet. Effects are weaker in the opposite direction.
doi.org/10.1007/s111...

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ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 8d

New in The Conversation: @jlkucinskas.bsky.social & Yvonne Zylan on the exodus of civil servants under Trump and the moral dilemmas of staying, speaking up, or leaving. Based on Kucinskas’s book The Loyalty Trap (@columbiaup.bsky.social)

Civil servant exodus: How employees wrestle with whether to stay, speak up or go

Federal workers face unique challenges. But part of their dilemma is familiar to many Americans who have to wrestle with dramatic changes in the workplace.

theconversation.com

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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 9d

Elections shape outcomes, but they do not sustain democracy on their own. Deva Woodly reminds us that the true heart of democracy is found in social movements and civic spaces where people create trust, discover shared purpose, and turn ideas into collective action.

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 9d

Thinking about this quote today.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 9d

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com

Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 12d

It’s a problem that a lot of folks can’t tell the difference between AI video reality.

It’s a bigly problem when the person occupying the presidency not only can’t tell but shares the fake video.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 12d

Wait: so the President of the United States shared a video of a fake news report, rooted in a conspiracy theory, that features an AI-generated version of himself promoting a policy that…doesn’t exist?

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 12d

Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 12d

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 12d

Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...

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