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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 12h

UVA's Sociology department is looking to hire a tenured sociologist of religion at the Associate or Full level. Here is the advertisement. @sssreligion.bsky.social @asareligion.bsky.social

Details here: apply.interfolio.com/173879

The Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia invites applications for a tenured Associate or Full Professor position specializing in the sociology of religion. We are particularly interested in a theoretically engaged scholar whose work addresses religious pluralism in complex modern societies, the relationship between religion, civic engagement, and democratic political cultures, the social and economic impact of religion from a cultural and historical perspective. Relevant questions may include but are not limited to: how does religion shape cultural and political conflicts? How does religion relate not only to political participation but to the shaping of collectives? How do different understandings of the sacred inform the development of, and dispute over, morality?

For additional information about our dynamic department, please visit https://sociology.as.virginia.edu/. For questions regarding this position, please contact Isaac Reed, Search Chair, at iar2c@virginia.edu.

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ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 15h

The ASA Religion Section extends our congratulations to @ntammerman.bsky.social on her election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences!!

www.amacad.org/person/nancy...

Nancy T. Ammerman

Nancy T. Ammerman is Professor Emerita of Sociology of Religion at Boston University, having served as Chair of the Department (2007-2013) and Associate Dean for the Social Sciences (2015-2018).Her mo...

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 4d

The nice folks at @npr.org gave me a minute of their air to talk about Dilexi Te.

Listen to: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5563...

🔊 Listen Now: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty

All Things Considered on NPR One | 4:19

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 4d

So you can imagine my excitement to hear that he and Rev. Susan Hayward are launching American Unexceptionalism, a new series exploring how people of faith around the world resist religious nationalism and authoritarianism. It premieres October 23 and will be must listen as well!

American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism

Listen to American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism on RedCircle

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 4d

When I was planning my dissertation he took time to talk through ideas and share his insight, which meant a lot. His podcast Charismatic Revival Fury was a must listen on my trips to and from Omaha over the past few years.

Episode 1: January 6th and the New Apostolic Reformation

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 4d

Many of you know how much @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social’s work shaped my research on spiritual warfare. His book The Violent Take It By Force is essential reading.

The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy

The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 4d

Pope Leo has given us his first teaching document today. It gives no comfort to the Napa Institute, billionaires, or anybody who wants a powerful or integralist church.

This below is the takeaway.

We go on in Francis's direction.

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 5d

I signup for these emails so you don’t have to.

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Every Knee Shall Bend @eksb.org · 5d

Intercessors for America’s “Propaganda Report” warns believers to spot manipulation—then models it. A civics lesson turns into spiritual warfare, complete with demons, distrust, and a link to partisan media. Read @andrewmackey.com’s newest here:

Faith, Fear, and the Free Gift of Propaganda

Intercessors for America’s “Propaganda Special Report” repackages media literacy as a weapon of spiritual warfare and political distrust.

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 8d

We will try again on Tuesday. #RepDETROIT #ALDS #Tigers

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 10d

These guys are part of an highly-financed spiritual oligarchy designed to dump cash into their exclusionary and ultra-capitalist view of them Church. Always disappointing to see them near anything. Gross.

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 10d

After a fantastic first month on Substack, Every Knee Shall Bend (eksb.org & @eksb.org) will be moving to weekly articles on Wednesday going forward. Thanks so much for subscribing and reading.

Every Knee Shall Bend | Andrew Ambrose Mackey | Substack

Examining the ideas, leaders, and cultural forces shaping Christian nationalism, and creating space for open, research-driven articles. Click to read Every Knee Shall Bend, a Substack publication.

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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 10d

"The White House has taken an action that is sweeping in its rhetoric yet almost certainly empty of formal legal effect."

Such great work on #antifa by Thomas Brzozowski, shedding light on a critically important (and thorny) question for @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/you-...

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 11d

Yes, I should charge my phone.

Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 11d

This NY Times article has more about the OOO messaging war being waged.

Federal Agencies Use Official Websites to Blame Democrats for Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 11d

The IT folks at war.gov don’t appear to have gotten the message around “Warrior Ethos” and enemies from within with this tame language.

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 11d

Head over to HHS.gov for this pop-up and banner.

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 11d

Live look at the header of state.gov

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 12d

Always impressed by @julthomson.bsky.social’s work (giving all us doctoral candidates a good name!) With Mark Rozell they just published an important piece on the global challenges of protecting religious freedom for Ethos. PDF in English here czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/et...

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 12d

This is my 16th time this year at a Midway layover and every time I walk around and then just get a Billy Goat Tavern cheezborger.

Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 12d

This is good content.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 12d

“Trad cath” is, weirdly, code for “unfamiliar with Catholicism”

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12d

Far-right Catholics freaking out about the Pope doing normal Pope things will always be entertaining.

The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?

Matt Walsh: Horrific. The whole thing. Pope Leo blesses a block of ice and then stands there while these communist freaks do some kind of weird pagan Earth worshipping hippy ritual. The leader of the Catholic Church shouldn’t be anywhere near this nonsense. What the hell are we doing here

@CatholicSat: The Blessing of the Waters by Pope Leo XIV, at today’s ‘Raising Hope for Climate Justice’ International Conference at Castel Gandolfo.

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Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com · 12d

Big fan of no context Pope Leo content.

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National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social · 12d

Leo continued: "Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion but I'm in favor of the death penalty,' is not really pro-life. Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion, but I'm in favor of the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,' I don't know if that's pro-life."

Wading into Durbin controversy, Pope Leo shows himself attuned to US debates

"Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion, but I'm in favor of the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,' I don't know if that's pro-life." the pontiff said.

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