How does religiosity shape one's views about poor relief? Depends on how much money you make. In my new study w/@prri.org data @jssreligion.bsky.social, I find the link between religiosity & how one views the Bible's teaching on charity hinges on their economic position. 1/3 doi.org/10.1111/jssr...

Oops, someone invited me onto their podcast 😱 pca.st/episode/e5cc... Thanks much to Jay and Jeff for the invite onto the Judas Priestcast, to talk all things metal and life. An absolutely excellent chat. @mozsab.bsky.social @deepdivepod.bsky.social

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A reminder:

So today on Gone Medieval I have that rare thing - a medievalist emergency - wherein I had to explain the Avignon Papacy because a lot of people know the phrase *cough* the Trump administration *cough* but they don't actually know what it means. Don't let it be you. open.spotify.com/episode/7bsa...

The covid amnesia shell game happened DESPITE THE DATA, in part bc we never had a reckoning or real memorialization The *moment* we replace this regime, they will memory-hole everything they did. If we don't keep clear records and then make them into public memory, they'll get away with it.

Hire more religion reporters.

PUT DOWN THE AI AND PICK UP A FUCKING BOOK: EPISODE 6 💙📚 I present to you: "Anton Hur's sff novel Toward Eternity is about how poets write the universe!!!!; or poetry is really fucking important." earrings were a gift of unknown origin!

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War Pigs is the greatest antiwar song ever written.

New deal, you donate $50 or more to a charity working in the middle east, and prove it to me, I'll send you a random wood tank I've built.

Y'all there is a woman and a black man circling the moon and NASA's mission control+ science teams are so diverse and people are nerding out about science and exploration this is all a gigantic middle finger to the stupid and hate and grotesque ghouls running our country

Tis the season youtu.be/RNvktQLf_zs?...

Here's my interview with Leah Williamson about Coaching For Life. Not a great day for Arsenal Women and not a good weekend for Arsenal overall. But a great weekend of people sticking together and showing class beyond the football ❤️ youtu.be/v1jAq7mNWkI?...

@lollardfish.bsky.social It appears I ordered it twice!

Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research across the following topics: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a permanent series that'll examine "Film and Cinema Sound" this Fall. Please circulate!

FYI: Elliot and the excellent gang at @arsenalvpodcast.bsky.social is organizing their annual fundraiser for the Arsenal Foundation's "Coaching for Life" program at the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. Watch this, and give. The world needs the light. youtu.be/STXYtYyQHBM

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Schwalbe: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Listen to Jess

All right, live whatevering of Trump v. Barbara, the birthright citizenship case. Arguing for the bad guys is US Solitictor General John (voice is an immutable characteristic so let's show some respect) Sauer. For the plaintiffs it's ACLU legal director Cecillia Wang.

This, as I argue in Holding It Together, is why neoliberalism and sexism go hand-in-hand. The only way for a society to spend ~$0 taking care of people (the neoliberal dream) is to create a class of people who can be compelled to care for free (eg, women). www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

Teaching Fellow in Theology & Religion at University of Birmingham www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB067/t...

My new book Sociology of Pentecostalism is now available for pre-order. I hope your university library will have it on the shelf! www.routledge.com/Sociology-of...

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My next book, a practical guide for how to write for mass media, publishes four weeks from today. I hope you'll consider ordering it now, inviting me to speak, and to tell others. Here's what @tressiemcphd.bsky.social said about my work. Pre-order here: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only dissenter in the conversion therapy case 😞 It's so upsetting, and I just want to remind folks that Trans Lifeline is a resource you should take advantage of right now if you need it. Your life is precious. +1-877-565-8860 translifeline.org

Second this: Religious rhetoric from military leaders isn’t uncommon. What is uncommon: SecDef creating his own Pentagon worship service and delivering religious rhetoric on camera from a lectern that’s also functioning as a literal pulpit, all while aligning w/self-declared Christian nationalists.

This happened to me yesterday when this company secretly recorded a scholarly seminar I hosted on Zoom and posted it. I was able to get it removed, but WTF.

"Sociologists visible in the public sphere during the first two years of the pandemic mostly have not published academically on COVID-19 related issues between 2020 and 2023." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Today at 1 PM ET! Don't forget to tune into this engaging conversation exploring new PRRI survey data. Reserve your spot now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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