It me.

Never related to a meme harder than I do with this one right now

I know I'm a broken record but you *cannot* understand the MAGA rift over Iran war (and other stuff) without understanding that the antisemitic MAGA-ites are going after Christian Zionists (see: Owens' reference to "Bibi's red heifer war") *with antisemitism,* not just opposition to Israel policy.

Pope Leo asked me to meet him in a private audience at the Vatican today I presented him with documents and evidence detailing decades of abuse inside Opus Dei and urged him to launch a full independent investigation into the group A THREAD 🧵

I dug deep into all of this with @mjcressler.bsky.social, this episode is so important to understand what is going on inside MAGA, how they are trying to horseshoe with the left on Israel/Palestine, that's why it's so important to understand their blatant antisemitism. redcircle.com/shows/fbed71...

You saw it in Carlson's interview of Huckabee. You saw it in Owens surrogate Carrie Prejean Boller's attack on Trump's own Religious Liberty Commission. Didn't hear about that? Listen to my conversation with @mjcressler.bsky.social about all of this: redcircle.com/shows/fbed71...

I can’t laugh or meme these people because they made USAID cuts that are currently killing dozens of people - almost a hundred - every single day. Every single day. And I despair of and despise the self-centredness that continues to create this cruelty.

Appreciated the opportunity to join Arielle and Julie in conversation on Catholicism, antisemitism, and (anti)Zionism. The times may be weird but, as always, there’s a history that helps us make sense of it all.

Headed to you this Halloween (or thereabouts). 😈

The academic and publishing landscapes have changed a lot since we started this magazine. We've stuck to the same principles we started with: History is for everyone. Every way of doing history is worthwhile. Historians should be paid for their work.

Here's a mini-thread on how Reign of Error episodes can help you understand how different parts of the MAGA Christian nationalist base are driving and understanding Trump's war in Iran: 🧵

Look, you guys, you don't have to praise Tucker Carlson for criticizing Christian Zionism *while being an antisemite.* I've been criticizing Christian Zionism for 20 years, and I've never needed white nationalists to help me do it.

www.usccb.org/news/2026/th... @usccbofficial.bsky.social

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

The Ash Wednesday procession through the Chicago suburb of Melrose Park from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church - honoring immigrants, immigration detainees and those killed by ICE & Border Patrol - has begun. Chicago Archbishop and Cardinal Blase Cupich is near the head of the march.

You may have missed the entire Religious Liberty Commission fracas. But it was huge, huge news on the right, and will continue to roil Trump's evangelical-Catholic coalition. This episode has fascinating historical context and insights from @mjcressler.bsky.social. redcircle.com/shows/fbed71...

So happy I could join @sarahposner.bsky.social this week in the good work she’s doing over at Reign of Error. Talked (MAGA) Catholic antisemitism. Come for the hot takes, stay for the history.

Joined @sarahposner.bsky.social this week on Reign of Error to talk about Carrie Prejean Boller and give some long historical background to the MAGA Catholic antisemitic turn. (Or is it origin story?) Putting all this knowledge to work for good, I hope. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

Applications are now open for the 2026-2028 Young Scholars in American Religion cohort. Applications are due April 1, 2026. Learn more about YSAR and apply to be apart of the next cohort: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/young-schola...

Grateful for the opportunity to preach and teach this past week. I was the Aquinas Day speaker at @candlertheology.bsky.social and it was such a gift. Check out my sermon, "Sowing Seeds in Troubling Times," and my lecture on "Bad Catholics, Good Trouble" here: aquinas.emory.edu/aquinas-day.....

Woohoo! Comic syllabus for my superhero class is live and students were geeked! It was a mammoth effort to make it but so worth it to be able to give to them! Pleased & excited for the term! And you can have your own too - all on my site for printing, sharing! 1/? spinweaveandcut.com/superhero-sy...

Cardinal Tobin: Pray, mourn and say 'no' to ICE funding www.ncronline.org/news/cardina...

Oh wow: Major U.S. Cardinal (Tobin of Newark) is calling for Catholics to urge lawmakers to vote against ICE funding. Via @ncronline.bsky.social

A sincere OMG: I'm long on the rightwing beat, and @sarahposner.bsky.social and @antheabutler.bsky.social are THE two people to whom you need to listen if you want to understand what's really happening and why. Thrilled Sarah has a new podcast, and there couldn't be a better first guest.

The first episode of Reign of Error is here! Trump Year One: The War on Civil Rights, with @antheabutler.bsky.social. Give it a listen and spread the word! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0...

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

Today on @straightwhitejc.bsky.social a teaser episode of our new series Reign of Error. Created and hosted by @sarahposner.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Listen if you want to hear how Kristi Noem claims to be carrying out a "Christian" agenda.

Just finished Wake Up, Dead Man. And WOW. Haven’t watched something this Matt coded since Midnight Mass.

I've been blown away by the generosity shown to my book this year, and wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the books that meant the most to me in 2025—along with a few I'm especially excited to see out in the world in the new year. THREAD

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Even if you're not attending #aarsbl2025 or can't make my session, you can buy the book and others in @nyupress.bsky.social's great line of religious studies book at 30% off. nyupress.org/american-aca...

Coming January 2026: Reunion: A Podcast about Family Histories. @jstuart.bsky.social and I have been hard at work reading books and recording and editing episodes for this, and we can't wait to share it with you! Additional info, including a separate feed, subscription link, + guest lineup, TBA.

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

For more on Rev. Woolf, who appears to have been arrested today: he published an editorial with @rns.org literally this week titled “Why clergy should risk assault to protest ICE” —> religionnews.com/2025/11/13/w...

Over the past year, my lab has hosted a cohort of people from around the world who are trying to move their communities to online tools under their control. OUT TODAY: Learn about their thinking and doing in our collectively authored Open Social Network Cookbook. https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Please enjoy listening to three religious studies types - me, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social, and the great @mjcressler.bsky.social - talk about THE EXORCIST in nerdy and religiony ways!

Friend of the @podonlyknows.bsky.social pod here, hyping this fun convo. I could talk #TheExorcist for days, especially with these two brilliant and beautiful humans. 😈🖤

We're back tomorrow with more spookiness as we talk to @mjcressler.bsky.social about THE EXORCIST!

I'll leave you from Portland with one last video of the @unpresidentedbrass.bsky.social, the unofficial house band of #NoKings

“I hope that if anyone sees this video and is disturbed by it, that what they think about is that if they are willing to do that to a clergy in broad daylight, imagine what they are doing to detainees in the dark.” Grateful for the prophetic witnesses in our midst. baptistnews.com/article/unit...

“I hope that if anyone sees this video and is disturbed by it, that what they think about is that if they are willing to do that to a clergy in broad daylight, imagine what they are doing to detainees in the dark.” Grateful for the prophetic witnesses in our midst. baptistnews.com/article/unit...

Our new CFP is up and it is monstrous.

Everything that needed saying, and then some. Thank you @jamellebouie.net 🙏🏼 | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

"Unlike prominent right-wing influencers like Mr. Bannon, Charlie Kirk and Laura Loomer, he has no ties to the Trump White House." Well, that's just flat out wrong. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

Yes DC!

Guess I never announced this (rather exciting) news publicly. Along with my ongoing work for @cpitco.bsky.social, not to mention varied and sundry other projects, I'll now be working officially as a Writer™. 🥳🎉🤨