Congrats to my colleague Ron Johnson on publication of this excellent book!

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

I genuinely love my department. Come work with us! *Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, Medieval History (Global) at Baylor University* Application Deadline September 15 apply.interfolio.com/169126

I'm so glad it was helpful!!

I have started this, and I am loving it!

The Journal of the Early Republic is thrilled to announce the "From Conference Paper to Article Workshop," held 9-2pm Weds, Aug 20th Get feedback from #JERPano editors and revise toward publication Submit a CV and title by June 30th 2025. For details visit: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/28/j...

"I was researching the denomination’s Women’s Missionary Union (WMU) for my book on how Protestant women’s organizations navigated the fundamentalist-modernist controversy, the early twentieth-century debate between theological..." ✍️ @andrealturpin.bsky.social www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...

Overcome with joy watching students enjoying Baylor's springtime campus and was reminded of Gerard Manley Hopkins' line "There lives the dearest freshness deep down things"--about not just the trees but also each new crop of students. In the words of Lady Julian, "All Shall Be Well."

PSA: The Residence on Netflix was AWESOME. A pitch perfect comedy murder mystery set in the White House, with an ultimately hopeful vision of the nation.

Thanks for inviting me to talk about #Women’sHistory with @andrealturpin.bsky.social It was so much fun I think we could have kept talking all afternoon!

I hardly ever share these, but it was crazy that this was possible! Wordle 1,374 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Congratulations to Dr. Amadi Amaitsa (Baylor PhD ‘24) who recently accepted a position at Oklahoma Baptist University beginning in fall 2025.

We have a NEW Baylor History PhD! Join us in congratulating DR. Heidi Campbell on a successful dissertation defense under the direction of @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social . 👏👏👏

Excited to read the new book by my friend Malcolm Foley!

Some news 😍:

A friend on another site brought this to my attention: Everyone who is 45 or will be turning 45, this is our year! 2025 is 45 squared! It feels like I am in an elite portion of humanity 🙂. (The next one is 2116, when I will no longer be with us!)

I should add that favorite listens for me this year have been Daniel Nayeri's Everything Sad is Untrue, @esaumccaulley.bsky.social's How Far to the Promised Land, and A Gentleman in Moscow (still in the middle of that one).

I have way too many Audible credits I need to use up: suggestions for good audio books???

I’ve seen it noted that everyone who is commenting is commenting on his excellent character. May that be true of us all. RIP, Jimmy Carter, and thank you for being that kind of leader.

Merry Christmas! I happened to be assigned the @anxiousbench.bsky.social post for today, so please enjoy photographs and reflections from my time in Bethlehem two Christmases ago: www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...

#4 & #5 are sharing a day because they are both pre-orders, so gifts for someone who wants to be surprised one day in early Spring :-): Book 5: Looking forward to @skyejethani.bsky.social's What if Jesus Was Serious About Justice, about how evangelism and social reform go together.

#4 & #5 are sharing a day because they are both pre-orders, so gifts for someone who wants to be surprised one day in early Spring :-): Book 4: Really enjoying @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social's Becoming the Pastor's Wife! About how we got to where women called to ministry had to marry a pastor.

For all those looking for last-minute gifts, here are 5 books (one a day!) I'm enjoying or looking forward to reading in the near future: Day 3: Enjoying Recovery From Purity Culture by Camden Morgante, broadly evangelical psychologist, for both those who stayed in that church and those who didn't.

For all those looking for last-minute gifts, here are 5 books (one a day!) I'm enjoying or looking forward to reading in the near future: Day 2: Looking forward to @jpowellmcnutt.bsky.social's The Mary We Forgot because I have always loved Mary Magdalene's designation Apostle to the Apostles!

For all those looking for last-minute gifts, here are 5 books (one a day!) I'm enjoying or looking forward to reading in the near future: Day 1: Enjoying how Aimee Byrd's The Hope in Our Scars casts such a beautiful vision of healing in Christ for those hurt by the church.

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It’s the time of year to re-up one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken: all the seasons at once on the campus of Baylor University!

I love that we have a holiday dedicated to looking back over the past year and giving thanks and that in the US it’s right before the Christian liturgical season of Advent, dedicated to looking forward with hope.

Just weeks after the 2024 election I taught @kkdumez.bsky.social's Jesus and John Wayne for the third time in my grad course on "Women, Gender, and Sex in American Religious History." This experience made me revisit its argument about evangelical culture and politics: www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...

Delighted to announce I have signed a contract with Oxford University Press to publish my next book, on how women played a unique role in the Protestant fundamentalist-modernist debates of the early 20th century, the predecessors in many ways of the modern culture wars. Coming late 2026/early 2027!

I'm excited to introduce an Advent series at Church Blogmatics on the women in Jesus's lineage, by me & guest authors Joy Moore, @bethallisonbarr.bsky.social , and Emily McGowin. open.substack.com/pub/bethfelk...

A great introduction to an important historian, Harvard's Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, her work ... and her quote, "Well behaved women seldom make history." projects.iq.harvard.edu/laurelx/well...

Can’t believe Canaan Bound is not on the list, and that In the Night is only number 11 but some wonderful songs here!

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉 We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

It looks like scholars keep arriving on this site. If you study the History of Christianity, let me known and I can add you to this starter pack. ps://go.bsky.app/SfC4goV

EDIT YOUR FEEDS! The beauty of 🦋 Bluesky is the ability to control your feed! 🚚 MOVE THE DISCOVER FEED! ✅ Tip: Have who you are FOLLOWING FIRST Click on feeds on left side. Click EDIT in the upper right Use the arrows to move up and down. #BlueskyTips #EduSky

A reminder that I put together a starter pack for scholars who study American religion. And happy to add more voices! go.bsky.app/5qBDaNp

A comment on why Bluesky is a better user experience than X. If your Following feed is too busy, go to OnlyPosts (no retweets and just who you follow so it's less busy) or Quiet Posters (who post once a day). If Following feed is not busy enough, go to Discover or Popular with Friends.

Where to go to find starter packs of people to follow. You can search keywords:

I just made this starter pack of 99 people. go.bsky.app/Jh5XC3k

I made a Starter Pack for Women's and Gender History because when I looked yesterday I couldn't seen one - sorry if it's now been superseded. You know the drill by now: please just let me know if you'd like to be added, and equally if you'd prefer not to be listed, just shout. go.bsky.app/KR9qXhj

HI! I am a historian who writes on religion, women, & higher ed, sometimes together and sometimes separately. I blog monthly for @anxiousbench.bsky.social, a group of religious historians connecting the past & present. I love truth, beauty, & goodness, especially seasons literal and liturgical.