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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · 1d

Just read the piece on the forthcoming series UNDIVIDED—so looking forward to seeing how this project unfolds in full

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · 1d

The Revealer's 2025 special issue on "Religion, Activism, and Community Action" features insightful and informative articles from @gillianfrank.bsky.social, @dkruzman.bsky.social, @thislynne.bsky.social, @simranjeetsingh.bsky.social, and others! Check it out!

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · 1d

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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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · 2d

Miguel Petrosky (@miguelpetrosky.bsky.social) explores why Gen Z men are moving further to the political right than Millennials, and possibly becoming more religious as well.

Check out "TikTok Masculinity" from our September issue!

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · 5d

What role does the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank responsible for Project 2025, play in the Trump administration’s targeting of colleges and universities?

Check out Andrew Monteith's "The Attacks on Higher Education Have Religious Roots"!

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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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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · 20d

@neiljyoung.bsky.social reviews Sister, Sinner about the preacher Aimee Semple McPherson, and considers similarities between McPherson’s fans and Trump’s—and why fans don't care when their idol lies.

Don't miss “American Trinity: Faith, Fame, and Fanaticism”!

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Miguel Petrosky @miguelpetrosky.bsky.social · 25d

In light of recent discoveries about Charlie Kirk's assassination, my latest article released last week with @therevealer.bsky.social highlights some of the trends that are leading Gen Z men toward conservatism, and sometimes far-right radicalization at worst.

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · 26d

Andrew Monteith investigates the role the Heritage Foundation, the think tank responsible for Project 2025, plays in Trump’s targeting of universities and their strategies to make schools comply.

Don't miss "“The Attacks on Higher Education Have Religious Roots”!

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University of Notre Dame Press @undpress.bsky.social · 29d

Episode alert! Tune in to @therevealer.bsky.social #Podcast for an interview with the author of BLACK AND CATHOLIC. Tia Noelle Pratt discusses #Black #Catholics today, racism in the #Church, and more in this timely episode. @tiaphd.bsky.social

Listen here: https://bit.ly/47W8xxt

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Revealer's September issue features great articles from @miguelpetrosky.bsky.social, @neiljyoung.bsky.social, @anujbehal.bsky.social, @tiaphd.bsky.social, and others! Read it today!

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our September issue is here!

With articles on the religious roots behind the attack on higher education, Gen Z men moving to the Right, Pakistani Hindus unable to immigrate to India, Black Catholics, Aimee McPherson & Donald Trump's fans, religion and ecological distress, & more! therevealer.org

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · Aug 28

NEW podcast episode: "Black Catholics & Racism in the U.S. Catholic Church"

What is the history of Black Catholics, and what are the most pressing issues facing Black Catholics today? @tiaphd.bsky.social, author of Black and Catholic, joins us. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

Black Catholics and Racism in the U.S. Catholic Church

Podcast Episode · The Revealer · 08/27/2025 · 34m

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · Aug 13

In a world of disembodiment, what can we learn through a new type of celebrity relic?

Corey Wozniak explores the soap that contains Sydney Sweeney’s bathwater and how it functions as a modern-day relic.

Check out "Horny Relics: Sydney Sweeney's Bathwater and the Longing for Real Presence"!

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Suzanna Krivulskaya @suzzzanna.bsky.social · Aug 5

Wrote about Carl Lentz for @therevealer.bsky.social! You should at least skim it for the pics alone.
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Shirtless Carl Lentz walking next to Justin Bieber.

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our Summer issue is here!

With articles on Stephen Miller, Carl Lentz's scandal & rehabilitation, Sydney Sweeney's bathwater, Ivan Illich, religious conversion, & white Christian nationalist teens from @nberlat.bsky.social, @suzzzanna.bsky.social, @angeladenker.bsky.social & more! therevealer.org

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · Jul 31

NEW podcast episode! "Protestant Sex Scandals in America"

Why have sex scandals been such a common feature of Protestant life in the US? @suzzzanna.bsky.social, author of Disgraced: How Sex Scandals Transformed American Protestantism, joins us. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

Protestant Sex Scandals in America

Podcast Episode · The Revealer · 07/30/2025 · 42m

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · Jun 30

Ten yrs after Obergefell v. Hodges, @jwportwood.bsky.social interviewed Greg Bourke, one of the plaintiffs, about his Catholic faith and the role it played in his fight for marriage equality.

Don't miss “Greg Bourke, Gay Catholic Activist, on Why It’s More Important to Stay and Fight”! Happy Pride!

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Rev. Angela Denker @angeladenker.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thank you, @therevealer.bsky.social for this conversation.

The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · Jun 26

NEW podcast episode: "The Rightwing Radicalization of White Christian Boys"

@angeladenker.bsky.social, author of Disciples of White Jesus, discusses why teen Christian males are moving further to the right & what to do about it. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify. therevealer.org/podcast/epis...

Episode 60: The Rightwing Radicalization of White Christian Boys — The Revealer

What factors are contributing to the rightwing momentum among adolescent males in the United States? Angela Denker, author of Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood, joins us...

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · Jun 26

NEW podcast episode: "The Rightwing Radicalization of White Christian Boys"

@angeladenker.bsky.social, author of Disciples of White Jesus, discusses why teen Christian males are moving further to the right & what to do about it. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify. therevealer.org/podcast/epis...

Episode 60: The Rightwing Radicalization of White Christian Boys — The Revealer

What factors are contributing to the rightwing momentum among adolescent males in the United States? Angela Denker, author of Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood, joins us...

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · Jun 19

"Borders are religious in the sense that they reckon with human limits. They are sites at which the limits of the human become apparent. They are religious in the sense of having a capacity to summon a sacred American nation without necessarily summoning 'religion.'"

- @bethhurd.bsky.social

American Border Religion — The Revealer

An excerpt from "Heaven Has a Wall: Religion, Borders, and the Global United States"

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The Revealer @therevealer.bsky.social · Jun 19

"The U.S. has often set itself up as a bulwark to protect and expand white Christian dominance, by policing non-white people, by policing Christians, and, not least, by policing who gets to call themselves real Christians, and who does not."

- @nberlat.bsky.social

Authoritarian Christianity Targets Christians — The Revealer

Trump’s Christian nationalism is about policing identity, and many Christians will suffer

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · Jun 13

as I talked about here, one reason is that a lot of those migrants are Catholics. The Pope is literally trying to protect his own people, who are under siege. therevealer.org/authoritaria...

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Helene Meyers @helenemeyers.bsky.social · Jun 10

So happy to have my review of SABBATH QUEEN in this issue:
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Elaine Maisner @emaisner.bsky.social · Jun 10

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