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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · 2d

Our special issue on "Religion, Activism, & Community Action" is here!

Articles on religious leaders supporting immigrants, clergy paying for abortions, multifaith organizing, the Catholic Worker, queer religious activism, pro-Palestinian rabbis, a new TV series on religion & more! therevealer.org

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Sarah Lawton @sarahelawton.bsky.social · 2d

“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.” ⚓️

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?

I talked to him yesterday.

He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 6d

This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.

Amplify amplify amplify please.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing many posts about how ICE isn't trained. That's not really the problem. The problem is what they were sent to do, not whether they're qualified to do it.

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Daniel Cueto-Villalobos @dacuetovilla.bsky.social · 1d

Read here: academic.oup.com/socrel/advan...

“There Wasn’t A Playbook For This”: Local Congregations and the Crises of 2020

Abstract. Using 18 months of immersive ethnographic fieldwork in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, this paper highlights how religious congregations made se

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Daniel Cueto-Villalobos @dacuetovilla.bsky.social · 1d

The unique pressures of 2020 forced leaders to innovate + adapt on the fly. As one leader put it, "there wasn't a playbook for this." Some adapted established routines while others rethought taken-for-granted approaches to spiritual care, fellowship, outreach + church growth.

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Daniel Cueto-Villalobos @dacuetovilla.bsky.social · 1d

Organizational resources, location, faith tradition, and partisanship (both among local electeds + members) shaped the distinct ways faith communities experienced and made sense of the unfolding crises + climate of polarization.

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Daniel Cueto-Villalobos @dacuetovilla.bsky.social · 1d

@proflauragil.bsky.social, @pennye.bsky.social + I spent 18 months observing MN churches as they rebounded from COVID + the 2020 racial justice protests. We identify 3 approaches leaders used to shore up member loyalty + comply with external directives: Introspection, Avoidance + Mobilization.

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Daniel Cueto-Villalobos @dacuetovilla.bsky.social · 1d

New publication! 🚨 How do church leaders foster commitment + preserve organizational vitality in the face of crisis?

"There Wasn't A Playbook For This: Local Congregations and the Crises of 2020," out today in Sociology of Religion, offers insight from MN academic.oup.com/socrel/advan...

“There Wasn’t A Playbook For This”: Local Congregations and the Crises of 2020

Abstract. Using 18 months of immersive ethnographic fieldwork in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, this paper highlights how religious congregations made se

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RNS @rns.org · 1d

Willow Creek became a new model of American religion, which replaced stained glass, hymns and robed clergy with pastors in jeans backed by bands, video screens and smoke machines.
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What happens when the church of the future gets old?

(RNS) — In the mid-1970s, a group of high schoolers and their former youth pastor started a church in a movie theater and named it Willow Creek. American religion hasn’t been the same since. The…

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ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 14d

New in Social Problems: @michellesphelps.bsky.social & @dacuetovilla.bsky.social trace how Minneapolis activists debated public safety after George Floyd, showing how “racial demands” shape policy fights. doi.org/10.1093/socp...

Making racial demands: tracing the struggle over public safety in Minneapolis

Abstract. In May 2020, the world erupted in protest after officers with the Minneapolis Police Department murdered George Floyd. In response, abolitionist

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Hahrie Han @hahrie.bsky.social · 1d

Totally, completely flabbergasted. #MacFellow

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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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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 10d

So grateful for the powerful way @adambonica.bsky.social is using his voice right now.

You should read his latest piece.

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 12d

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

"We analyze 27 years of NIH extramural awards & their review scores to identify the bottom 40% of grants that would have been eliminated from 1980 to 2007... We then identify new molecular entity drugs, approved in the 21st century, that are linked to these grants"

What if NIH had been 40% smaller?

Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

www.science.org

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Gerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social · 13d

Posting today @ 10:30am Eastern

Let’s talk about that Peter Thiel article in the WSJ…

AI and the End of the World

Peter Thiel's Exegesis, Techno-Eschatology, and the Recasting of the Apocalypse

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Jack Delehanty @jackdelehanty.bsky.social · Sep 8

My argument: not everybody on the right is personally religious, but the right inspires religious thinking in its people.

In contrast, plenty of people on the left ARE religious, but the Democratic party operates according to a secular logic that has difficulty inspiring devotion among anyone.

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Hannah Wohl @hannahwohl.bsky.social · 15d

My latest op-ed, "The Market’s Judgment on OnlyFans Has Nothing to Do With Money," was just published in @barronsonline. I argue that the stigmatization of porn and other "sin stocks" has led investors to undervalue economically profitable assets. www.barrons.com/articles/onl...

The Market’s Judgment on OnlyFans Has Nothing to Do With Money

Any other company with these eye-popping revenue numbers would spark a bidding war, Hannah Wohl writes in a guest commentary.

www.barrons.com

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Jen Heerwig @drjenh.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 We’re HIRING! 🚨
The Department of Sociology at Stony Brook University (SUNY) is seeking two tenure-track Assistant Professors in Global Inequality & Justice (start Fall 2026).

Come join a vibrant, growing department at New York’s top public university!
📍 Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/172669

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Daniel Cueto-Villalobos @dacuetovilla.bsky.social · 15d

new pub alert! 🚨

Michelle S. Phelps @michellesphelps.bsky.social · 16d

New paper out with @dacuetovilla.bsky.social today at
@socprobsjournal.bsky.social -- in it we build a model for understanding how competing movement orgs make racial demands, using the debates in Minneapolis over public safety in 2021.

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Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · Jun 4

This is a great example of the need for us to collectively develop critical water media analysis:
a) Why was this segment produced
b) why now
c) who came up with the idea
d) who is the “bad guy” in this take
e) who does that make the “good guy” (extra points if the answer is same as c)

Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · Jun 3

A cheeseburger uses a lot more water than a ChatGPT request 🍔

Actual farms, not the data center variety, are sucking up groundwater more quickly than surface water, explains @markgongloff.bsky.social 🎥

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asa-pews.bsky.social @asa-pews.bsky.social · Jul 17

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Reconstructing Critical Social Theory
University of California, Santa Cruz
April 23-24, 2026
SUBMISSION:
Please submit all papers and panels to: [email protected]
DEADLINE: Oct 15, 2025
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Judith Weisenfeld @judithweisenfeld.com · Apr 29

Today is the official publication day of *Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake*! Much gratitude to family, friends, students, and colleagues who engaged the project, and to librarians and foundations for support in the research process.

Cover of Judith Weisenfeld, *Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake.*
30% discount from NYU Press with the code NYUAU30.

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Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · Jun 21

Just published with @jacquifrost.bsky.social and Mahala Miller

Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social · Jun 21

Check this out if you're interested in religion and well-being too.

Varieties of Nonreligious Experience: Expanding Understandings of Nonreligious Wellbeing - Frost/Edgell/Miller, Sociology of Health & Illness onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Varieties of Nonreligious Experience: Expanding Understandings of Nonreligious Wellbeing

Religious commitment has long been associated with health and happiness in the United States. However, despite a period of drastic decline in religious affiliation among Americans, much less is known...

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RNS @rns.org · Jun 20

Pope Francis used to call Gaza’s Holy Family Catholic parish daily, but Israeli strikes have cut their communication. "There is no secure place," said Anton Asfar of the Catholic charity network Caritas Jerusalem. “Even their food is depleting over there.”
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Head of Caritas in Jerusalem reports worsening situation in Gaza, West Bank

(RNS) — Anton Asfar, secretary general of Caritas Jerusalem, criticized the Israeli-run and US-backed humanitarian foundation in Gaza, saying, 'This is not aid.'

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