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
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📖 The nomination period for the SSSR 2026 Distinguished Book Award is now open.
The award recognizes the most outstanding book published by an SSSR member or members within the past 2 years.
Submit by January 20, 2026. Learn more about the award. ⬇️
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The award recognizes the most outstanding book published by an SSSR member or members within the past 2 years.
Submit by January 20, 2026. Learn more about the award. ⬇️
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
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Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation Volume 34 Issue 2 is Now Available!
This issue features articles featuring topics such as health, society, feminism, communication, and more!
Read the articles here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This issue features articles featuring topics such as health, society, feminism, communication, and more!
Read the articles here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation Volume 34 Issue 2 is Now Available!
This issue features articles featuring topics such as health, society, feminism, communication, and more!
Read the articles here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This issue features articles featuring topics such as health, society, feminism, communication, and more!
Read the articles here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Contrary to MANY claims bouncing around the Internet about a religious revival among young Americans, Pew finds no cohort of Americans have become more or less religious since 2020. Just holding steady.
Study here: www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
Study here: www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Contrary to MANY claims bouncing around the Internet about a religious revival among young Americans, Pew finds no cohort of Americans have become more or less religious since 2020. Just holding steady.
Study here: www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
Study here: www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...
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Here "critical" means mostly lived religion (i.e. not highlighting texts but what people do). For some, any approach worth the name "critical" means at least problematizing our key term, religion. I gravitate towards the latter, but some contributions in this volume are still useful.
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Here "critical" means mostly lived religion (i.e. not highlighting texts but what people do). For some, any approach worth the name "critical" means at least problematizing our key term, religion. I gravitate towards the latter, but some contributions in this volume are still useful.
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“Since the earliest days of my career… I have encountered incredulousness at the idea that there is such a thing as #Black #Catholics.” ~Tia Noelle Pratt @tiaphd.bsky.social
Find an #Excerpt from BLACK AND CATHOLIC at: https://bit.ly/3XvFpXy
Find an #Excerpt from BLACK AND CATHOLIC at: https://bit.ly/3XvFpXy
December 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“Since the earliest days of my career… I have encountered incredulousness at the idea that there is such a thing as #Black #Catholics.” ~Tia Noelle Pratt @tiaphd.bsky.social
Find an #Excerpt from BLACK AND CATHOLIC at: https://bit.ly/3XvFpXy
Find an #Excerpt from BLACK AND CATHOLIC at: https://bit.ly/3XvFpXy
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Brief appearance on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social, "The Current" (episode: 22-46min mark) - "Gen Z's Return to Religion & Faith." My thoughts on the episode: (1) Pleasantly surprised to see lengthy & positive media coverage of #Christianity in #Canada. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Brief appearance on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social, "The Current" (episode: 22-46min mark) - "Gen Z's Return to Religion & Faith." My thoughts on the episode: (1) Pleasantly surprised to see lengthy & positive media coverage of #Christianity in #Canada. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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If you or someone you know is a scholar of color who studies religion, here's a great opportunity:
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First Book Grant for Scholars of Color - Louisville Institute
First Book Grant for Scholars of Color assists early career, non-tenured religion scholars of color to complete a major research project with grants up to $55,000..
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December 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you or someone you know is a scholar of color who studies religion, here's a great opportunity:
louisville-institute.org/programs-gra...
louisville-institute.org/programs-gra...
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New @jssreligion.bsky.social issue alert: Articles from multiple disciplines, multiple parts of the world and multiple traditions to put a focus on the role of religion in how we live in our bodies and the role of our bodies in how we practice our religion: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685906...
Special Issue on Religion and Bodies: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion: Vol 64, No 4
Click on the title to browse this issue
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December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
New @jssreligion.bsky.social issue alert: Articles from multiple disciplines, multiple parts of the world and multiple traditions to put a focus on the role of religion in how we live in our bodies and the role of our bodies in how we practice our religion: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685906...
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Hi! BLACK AND CATHOLIC is available from @undpress.bsky.social or your favorite retailer!
December 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hi! BLACK AND CATHOLIC is available from @undpress.bsky.social or your favorite retailer!
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Good books in the Social Science study of #Religion are out there. Let's make sure they get recognized! The @sssreligion.bsky.social book awards are a great way to do that. Make sure your publisher submits your book, and be sure to tell your friends to do the same.
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Distinguished Book Award - Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
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December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Good books in the Social Science study of #Religion are out there. Let's make sure they get recognized! The @sssreligion.bsky.social book awards are a great way to do that. Make sure your publisher submits your book, and be sure to tell your friends to do the same.
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
📖 The nomination period for the SSSR 2026 Distinguished Book Award is now open.
The award recognizes the most outstanding book published by an SSSR member or members within the past 2 years.
Submit by January 20, 2026. Learn more about the award. ⬇️
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
The award recognizes the most outstanding book published by an SSSR member or members within the past 2 years.
Submit by January 20, 2026. Learn more about the award. ⬇️
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
December 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
📖 The nomination period for the SSSR 2026 Distinguished Book Award is now open.
The award recognizes the most outstanding book published by an SSSR member or members within the past 2 years.
Submit by January 20, 2026. Learn more about the award. ⬇️
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
The award recognizes the most outstanding book published by an SSSR member or members within the past 2 years.
Submit by January 20, 2026. Learn more about the award. ⬇️
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
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Using a large, national, random sample of American adults, I show Christian nationalism is strongly linked to ableism. Ableism refers to the tendency to stereotype & discriminate against people w/ disabilities.
Here's the peer-reviewed journal article:
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
Here's the peer-reviewed journal article:
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
Christian nationalism and ableism in the United States
Abstract. Americans with disabilities face significant hurdles across multiple social institutions in the United States. Their inclusion and equitable trea
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December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Using a large, national, random sample of American adults, I show Christian nationalism is strongly linked to ableism. Ableism refers to the tendency to stereotype & discriminate against people w/ disabilities.
Here's the peer-reviewed journal article:
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
Here's the peer-reviewed journal article:
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
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Christian nationalism is an ideology committed to fusing a particularly conservative strain of Christianity w/ American civic life. It demands all levels of our government preserve it as central to our national identity, determining which Americans truly belong.
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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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December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Christian nationalism is an ideology committed to fusing a particularly conservative strain of Christianity w/ American civic life. It demands all levels of our government preserve it as central to our national identity, determining which Americans truly belong.
kettering.org/five-element...
kettering.org/five-element...
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NEW COLUMN
We are on a path where decades of public policy aimed at supporting Americans with disabilities is being weakened and overturned due to the ongoing influence of Christian nationalism.
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We are on a path where decades of public policy aimed at supporting Americans with disabilities is being weakened and overturned due to the ongoing influence of Christian nationalism.
@kettering.org
kettering.org/ableism-in-a...
Ableism in America: How Christian Nationalism Informs Project 2025
Americans with disabilities and their families have long fought for equal protection under federal and state law in the United States. The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 was a ...
kettering.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
NEW COLUMN
We are on a path where decades of public policy aimed at supporting Americans with disabilities is being weakened and overturned due to the ongoing influence of Christian nationalism.
@kettering.org
kettering.org/ableism-in-a...
We are on a path where decades of public policy aimed at supporting Americans with disabilities is being weakened and overturned due to the ongoing influence of Christian nationalism.
@kettering.org
kettering.org/ableism-in-a...
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@alenasmith13.bsky.social and I were awarded the 2025 Best Student Paper Award from @sssreligion.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone who helped along the way! @apsareligion.bsky.social @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org #polrel #polisky
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
@alenasmith13.bsky.social and I were awarded the 2025 Best Student Paper Award from @sssreligion.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone who helped along the way! @apsareligion.bsky.social @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org #polrel #polisky
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Are there individuals who hold no supernatural beliefs yet still believe in a soul? Find out the answer (and more) in the latest article from the NCF team.
Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Are there individuals who hold no supernatural beliefs yet still believe in a soul? Find out the answer (and more) in the latest article from the NCF team.
Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Ooooo cool new study:
"...the relationship between religiosity and conformism is stronger in more religious countries and birth cohorts, and conformists are more likely to disaffiliate in contexts where larger proportions of the population are nonreligious."
academic.oup.com/socrel/advan...
"...the relationship between religiosity and conformism is stronger in more religious countries and birth cohorts, and conformists are more likely to disaffiliate in contexts where larger proportions of the population are nonreligious."
academic.oup.com/socrel/advan...
Faith in Numbers: Religion and Social Conformism in Europe
Abstract. Religious people are considered to be more conformist, both in popular imagination and in scholarly literature. However, most studies on religion
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December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Ooooo cool new study:
"...the relationship between religiosity and conformism is stronger in more religious countries and birth cohorts, and conformists are more likely to disaffiliate in contexts where larger proportions of the population are nonreligious."
academic.oup.com/socrel/advan...
"...the relationship between religiosity and conformism is stronger in more religious countries and birth cohorts, and conformists are more likely to disaffiliate in contexts where larger proportions of the population are nonreligious."
academic.oup.com/socrel/advan...
“I'd like to think that my work is being cited a lot because other scholars agree that my co-authors and I have produced findings that are compelling and it's changing how they think about the intersection of American politics, religion,and race."[email protected]
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www.ou.edu/news/article...
Two OU Researchers Ranked Among World’s Top Sociology Scholars
Two University of Oklahoma faculty in the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences have been ranked by analytics site ScholarGPS as among the world’s most productive and impactful sociologists over t...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“I'd like to think that my work is being cited a lot because other scholars agree that my co-authors and I have produced findings that are compelling and it's changing how they think about the intersection of American politics, religion,and race."[email protected]
www.ou.edu/news/article...
www.ou.edu/news/article...
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The American Sociological Association's Executive Director, Heather Washington, highlights the power of sociology to help us envision and build a better world in this article from COSSA's "Why Social Science" series. @COSSADC #COSSA
Because Our Work Helps Us Envision and Build a Better Future — Why Social Science?
We live in an era of rapidly expanding economic inequality, humanitarian crises, chaotic deportation efforts, the militarization of U.S. cities, global conflicts and wars, burdensome labor practices that undermine work-life balance, and continued attempts to erode rights and protections of women, ra
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December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The American Sociological Association's Executive Director, Heather Washington, highlights the power of sociology to help us envision and build a better world in this article from COSSA's "Why Social Science" series. @COSSADC #COSSA
Congratulations to SSSR member Lori G. Beaman who was named the 2024-2025 Distinguished University Professor @uottawa.ca. Beaman holds the Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity & Social Change, and directs the @nonreligioncf.bsky.social (NCF) Project.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Congratulations to SSSR member Lori G. Beaman who was named the 2024-2025 Distinguished University Professor @uottawa.ca. Beaman holds the Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity & Social Change, and directs the @nonreligioncf.bsky.social (NCF) Project.
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Section Chair @jlkucinskas.bsky.social joined a panel in the Netherlands on administrative ethics. The session examined the moral responsibility of civil servants in liberal democracies, 40 years after Dennis Thompson’s landmark PAR article. Organized by The Netherlands Institute of Governance.
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Section Chair @jlkucinskas.bsky.social joined a panel in the Netherlands on administrative ethics. The session examined the moral responsibility of civil servants in liberal democracies, 40 years after Dennis Thompson’s landmark PAR article. Organized by The Netherlands Institute of Governance.
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Our recent masterclass with Prof Lori G Beaman of @nonreligioncf.bsky.social is now available to watch on YouTube! Prof Beaman presented her work on 'deep equality' as an alternative to tolerance and accommodation in diverse societies. Watch here👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAAy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAAy...
Exploring Deep Equality with Prof Lori G Beaman
YouTube video by Social Repair Research Group
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November 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Our recent masterclass with Prof Lori G Beaman of @nonreligioncf.bsky.social is now available to watch on YouTube! Prof Beaman presented her work on 'deep equality' as an alternative to tolerance and accommodation in diverse societies. Watch here👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAAy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAAy...
Congratulations to Margot Dazey @cnrs.fr winner of the 2025 Distinguished Book Award - Honorable Mention for 'Respectable Muslims: Morals and Manners of Minority Citizens in France,' published by @universitypress.cambridge.org #Sociology #SociologyOfReligion sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Congratulations to Margot Dazey @cnrs.fr winner of the 2025 Distinguished Book Award - Honorable Mention for 'Respectable Muslims: Morals and Manners of Minority Citizens in France,' published by @universitypress.cambridge.org #Sociology #SociologyOfReligion sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
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#AheadOfTheTrend: Fire Insurance for the Afterlife? How Religion Shapes the Fear of Death
The Chapman University Survey of American Fears repeatedly asks: How afraid are you of dying? One thing that immediately jumps out is that a significant portion of Americans don’t fear death at all.
The Chapman University Survey of American Fears repeatedly asks: How afraid are you of dying? One thing that immediately jumps out is that a significant portion of Americans don’t fear death at all.
Fire Insurance for the Afterlife? How Religion Shapes the Fear of Death
Ahead of the Trend Article - Title: Fire Insurance for the Afterlife? How Religion Shapes the Fear of Death ; Date: 2025-11-20
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November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#AheadOfTheTrend: Fire Insurance for the Afterlife? How Religion Shapes the Fear of Death
The Chapman University Survey of American Fears repeatedly asks: How afraid are you of dying? One thing that immediately jumps out is that a significant portion of Americans don’t fear death at all.
The Chapman University Survey of American Fears repeatedly asks: How afraid are you of dying? One thing that immediately jumps out is that a significant portion of Americans don’t fear death at all.
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Thanks to the winter storm, did you miss my lecture last night @stjeromesuni.bsky.social @ircsf.bsky.social? Lucky for you, the great tech folks had you covered! It was a pleasure to spend the evening discussing religious transmission in #Catholic contexts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh-l...
Lectures in Catholic Experience Presents - Joel Thiessen
YouTube video by St. Jerome's University
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November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thanks to the winter storm, did you miss my lecture last night @stjeromesuni.bsky.social @ircsf.bsky.social? Lucky for you, the great tech folks had you covered! It was a pleasure to spend the evening discussing religious transmission in #Catholic contexts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh-l...
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Should have tagged the author himself @landonschnabel.bsky.social
I teach his paper every year. It is 1) helpful for helping students understand contemporary politics (or...any era's politics, really), and 2) a reminder that old theory isn't inherently bad theory.
academic.oup.com/sf/article-a...
I teach his paper every year. It is 1) helpful for helping students understand contemporary politics (or...any era's politics, really), and 2) a reminder that old theory isn't inherently bad theory.
academic.oup.com/sf/article-a...
Opiate of the Masses? Inequality, Religion, and Political Ideology in the United States
Abstract. This study considers the assertion that religion is the opiate of the masses. Using a special module of the General Social Survey, I first demons
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November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Should have tagged the author himself @landonschnabel.bsky.social
I teach his paper every year. It is 1) helpful for helping students understand contemporary politics (or...any era's politics, really), and 2) a reminder that old theory isn't inherently bad theory.
academic.oup.com/sf/article-a...
I teach his paper every year. It is 1) helpful for helping students understand contemporary politics (or...any era's politics, really), and 2) a reminder that old theory isn't inherently bad theory.
academic.oup.com/sf/article-a...