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Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social · 1d

Job alert ➡️ Assistant Professor of Religion,Medicine, & Healing @utoronto.ca (tenure stream).Research/teaching of religion, medicine, & healing in cultural/political contexts using historical, ethnographic, and/or textual/media studies methods, Apply by Nov 6, 2025. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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Teemu Taira @teemutaira.bsky.social · 8d

A selection of Bloomsbury honorarium books. Finally here.

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 7d

Amid the stress of the shutdown and the Trump administration’s ethical transgressions with trying to influence military leaders to be a politicized for force— how does this affect civ servants and their choices to stay, speak up, or go?

ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 7d

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.

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Benjamin Park @benjaminepark.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote an essay for @sltrib.com about how the academic study of Mormonism was enabled by a partnership between individuals, community, and state, and how that structure, always tenuous, is now under siege.

The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 6d

The delicate balance of private faith, establishment support and public funding vital to the study of LDS history is now under siege, entangled in today’s partisan battles and culture wars.

Commentary: Policies from Trump and the Utah Legislature threaten the study of LDS history

The delicate balance of private faith, establishment support and public funding vital to the study of LDS history is now under siege, entangled in today’s partisan battles and culture wars.

www.sltrib.com

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ISA Research Committee 22 – Religion @isa-rc22.bsky.social · 6d

Offering Alternatives to Biblical Literalism May Be the Key to Increasing the Public's Acceptance of Evolution - Rousseau - 2025 - Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Offering Alternatives to Biblical Literalism May Be the Key to Increasing the Public's Acceptance of Evolution

Evolution acceptance is lower among religious than nonreligious individuals. One potential factor involves how Judeo-Christian individuals interpret the Bible. We administered a nationwide survey to ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 5d

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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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · 8d

NEW podcast episode! "Religious Communities Supporting Undocumented Immigrants"

What are religious communities able to do to support and protect undocumented immigrants? Barbara Sostaita, author of Sanctuary Everywhere from @dukepress.bsky.social, joins us. Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

Religious Communities Supporting Undocumented Immigrants

Podcast Episode · The Revealer · 09/29/2025 · 44m

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ISA Research Committee 22 – Religion @isa-rc22.bsky.social · 8d

The #CallForProposals for #EuARe2026 opens on 8 October 2025.
As in previous years, the conference program will comprise:
✔️ Open panels
✔️ Closed panels
✔️ Book presentations (Author Meets Critique)

📍Info: t.co/YujtIN1JEW

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Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social · 7d

Biblical literalism, not religiosity, drives #Evolution rejection. #OpenAccess study by Rousseau et al. (2025) suggests "offering alternatives to biblical literalism may help educators increase evolution acceptance without threatening student religiosity." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 9d

NYT features @ryanburge.bsky.social on why the left lacks a Charlie Kirk. Drawing on years of research in religion & politics, he explains why the GOP’s religious base has no parallel among Democrats.

Opinion | Why There Won’t Be a Charlie Kirk of the Left

www.nytimes.com

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Gerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social · 12d

Very engaging new article on religion & political knowledge

On knowledge of both basic civics & current politics, atheists/agnostics’ advantage is strongest among liberals & Democrats and disappears among conservatives & Republicans

From @profsamperry.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/sf/article/d...

SOCIAL FORCES

Journal Article
Secularism, sorting, and Americans’ political knowledge Open Access
Samuel L Perry
Social Forces, soaf150, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaf150
Published: 24 September 2025 Article history

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 14d

🧵 Who's the most informed about American politics? Very lefty seculars.

My new FREE study @sfjournal.bsky.social finds atheists/agnostics, especially if they are politically sorted, score higher on knowledge of basic civics & current politics than other groups. 1/ academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

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Evan Stewart @evanstewart.bsky.social · 13d

Very much looking forward to this next month. We have a great program put together for the conference! #SSSR_RRA2025

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social · 13d

SSSR Members ➡️ Time to complete your registration for the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting and reserve your hotel room. We look forward to welcoming all to Minneapolis October 31 - November 2, 2025.

✍️Registration sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...

🏨Hotel Info: sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...

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Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social · 13d

SSSR Members ➡️ Time to complete your registration for the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting and reserve your hotel room. We look forward to welcoming all to Minneapolis October 31 - November 2, 2025.

✍️Registration sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...

🏨Hotel Info: sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...

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

New in Social Forces: @profsamperry.bsky.social new article Secularism, Sorting, and Americans’ Political Knowledge shows secular Americans score highest on civics & politics, especially liberals/Democrats. Evangelicals trend opposite with conservatism. Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

Secularism, sorting, and Americans’ political knowledge

Abstract. Political knowledge, including knowledge of basic civics and current political conditions, is associated with a host of pro-democratic outcomes i

doi.org

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Nonreligion in a Complex Future @nonreligioncf.bsky.social · 14d

Our most recent webinar is now available on YouTube!

In this webinar, Sarah Kathleen Johnson presented her new book, Occasional Religious Practice: Valuing a Very Ordinary Religious Experience (Oxford University Press, 2025).

Watch here: youtu.be/9bB7vl135Dc?...

Meet the Author: Sarah Kathleen Johnson

YouTube video by Nonreligion in a Complex Future

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Sep 1

The #MaxPlanckPostdocProgram offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. The call for applications is open now! 🚀 Take advantage of this opportunity and browse the job vacancies. www.mpg.de/en/max-planc...

Group photo of postdocs conducting research at a Max Planck Institute

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ISA Research Committee 22 – Religion @isa-rc22.bsky.social · 19d

Religious Influencers Online: Why They Attract Young People | Psychology Today South Africa www.psychologytoday.com/za/blog/youn...

Religious Influencers Online: Why They Attract Young People

Young people are flocking to religious and spiritual influencers on social media. The appeal may not lie so much in who they are but in the sense of connection they provide.

www.psychologytoday.com

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ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 16d

New article by Alisher Khamidov and @davidbnolle.bsky.social in Central Asian Survey: Muslim religiosity among Kyrgyz linked to greater acceptance of Uzbeks, even amid historic conflict. Religion may support interethnic tolerance. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Islam and ethnic tolerance: assessing Kyrgyz’ Muslim religiosity and acceptance of Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan

Using a national opinion survey conducted in 2009 in Kyrgyzstan, we focused on responses from ethnic Kyrgyz respondents in the south where major riots between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks occurred in 1990 and...

www.tandfonline.com

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Nonreligion in a Complex Future @nonreligioncf.bsky.social · 15d

Read the latest article from NCF team members Ryan Cragun, Hugo Rabbia, Sivert Skålvoll Urstad, and Peter Beyer. In this article, the authors draw on research from the NCF's Social and Cultural Values Survey to re-think how to best measure nonreligion.

secularismandnonreligion.org/articles/10....

New Publication Alert

“Measuring Nonreligion as Absence: Testing Various Approaches”

Secularism and Nonreligion (2025)

Ryan T. Cragun
NCF Co-Investigator, University of Tampa

Hugo H. Rabbia
NCF Contributor, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Sivert Skålvoll Urstad
NCF Contributor, University of Agder

Peter Beyer
NCF Co-Investigator, University of Ottawa

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American Religion @amrel.bsky.social · 22d

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Special Issue on Religion and Health (Pippa Koch, Guest Editor)
Please submit abstracts of no more than 250 words to [email protected] by December 1, 2025.

www.american-religion.org/announcements

Announcements — American Religion

www.american-religion.org

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Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social · 17d

Congratulations to SSSR member Jocelyne Cesari, named as one of the winners of the Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar Award given by the American Political Science Association, Religion and Politics Section. @apsareligion.bsky.social #Religion #Research connect.apsanet.org/s11/2025-rel...

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Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World @sociusjournal.bsky.social · 21d

⛪ Unaffiliated, but not undevoted

@matthewblanton.bsky.social's new #Socius study challenges common understandings of #secularization, analyzing trends of increased personal religiosity alongside decreased institutional religiosity from 2004-2023 in #LatinAmerica.

Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

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ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 22d

Call for nominations: 2027 Senior Scholar at Rice Univ.’s Boniuk Institute (@boniukinstitute.bsky.social) For scholars advancing religious pluralism, tolerance & civic engagement. Deadline Oct 20, 2025. Details: boniuk.rice.edu/call-nominia... @sssreligion.bsky.social

Call for Nominations
2027 Boniuk Institute Senior Scholar
Nominations are invited for the 2027 Boniuk Institute Senior Scholar. Rice University's Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance Senior Scholar Award is given annually to the senior scholar who has made outstanding contributions to the public understanding of religious pluralism and tolerance, and who most exemplifies Boniuk Institute's mission to understand the conditions which lead to religious pluralism, conflict, and violence, and help people apply its findings in their lives and communities.
The Senior Scholar will join the Boniuk Institute at Rice University in the Spring of 2027 for about three days, when they will participate in a variety of Institute programs, including the official award ceremony event. At this event, the scholar will be presented with an award and then deliver a public lecture for the campus and local community.
View the 2026 Boniuk Institute Senior Scholar.
Criteria:
"Senior scholar" would apply to faculty in academia as well as public scholars outside the academy with demonstrated and committed engagement to furthering the public understanding of religious tolerance, institution building, and civic engagement. If a faculty member, person should be 15 years or more from PhD. If a public scholar, person should be ten years or more in the field.
Nomination Instructions:
Nominators are requested to send the nominee's curriculum vitae and a letter of nomination describing how the nominee meets the award criteria (no more than 1000 words) by October 20, 2025 to Hayley Hemstreet, Assistant Director of Operations, at hjh2@rice.edu. Self-nominations are welcome.
Once nominated, scholars will be considered for up to two years.
Selection Process:
Nominations are compiled by Boniuk Institute staff and discussed by the Faculty Advisory Board. A vote of the Faculty Advisory Board, followed by a ratification by the External Advisory Board, determines the winner.

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Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social · 28d

Join our new @asareligion.bsky.social community! Thank you to @andrewmackey.com for setting it up! And please share your new publications and other opportunities through this handle.

ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 28d

Looking for an easy way to follow other members of ASA Religion? Look no further than this Starter Pack!

go.bsky.app/6cTpB24

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