Check out my latest op-ed, which sheds = light on the story of Gen Z, gender and religion in @thehill.com. My analysis of @prri.org trend data shows that young men are not becoming more religious overtime, countering some popular narratives today. thehill.com/opinion/cong...

Delighted to help put this together - there’s excellent work in this collection that makes a big jump forward in religion + politics in American congregations.

Hot off the presses! @pauldjupe.bsky.social and I have a new piece out @jssreligion.bsky.social that argues that Christian persecution beliefs are less racialized than previously believed. (1/4) religioninpublic.blog/2025/06/06/f...

After reading excellent reporting from @oyousef.bsky.social on NPR about the violent gender ideology behind the anti-abortion movement, we (@brooklynwalker.bsky.social + I) had to dig into our data to see whether this exists in the mass (Christian) public. 1/2 religioninpublic.blog/2025/05/16/t...

Can’t understand the apparent plateauing (or even slight reversal) of secularization among American men without understanding its connection to right-wing politics.

It has been conventional wisdom for so long that abortion is one of a few mobilizing issues on the Right. So much so that it didn't seem worth investigating. Good thing we did (w @brooklynwalker.bsky.social). 1/3 religioninpublic.blog/2025/04/22/t...

New from me & @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social at @sfjournal.bsky.social. Timely given our current economic crisis. How does Christian nationalism support plutocracy? Among the many ways is through opposing taxation for the rich. We show this using 3 national surveys. 1/ academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

We gave a short survey to White Christians & asked them to pick between our govt prioritizing economic prosperity with more immigrants or reducing immigration even if it hurts prosperity. Majorities of White Christian nationalists would tank our economy if it meant preserving the ethnic status quo.

What's the combination of education and gender that leads to the highest level of religious attendance? It's men with graduate degrees. That's appeared consistently in the data since 2016.

It seems like a universal experience in the social sciences to face problems with peer reviewing - it's certainly taking longer and editors report that it's hard to recruit reviewers. I've been interested in getting data on this for a decade and we just pub'd the 2nd installment. Peer review is...

While @pauldjupe.bsky.social and I are focusing on men, @melissadeckman.bsky.social has a fascinating new piece out about the decline in women's religious affiliation. religionnews.com/2025/03/07/t...

@pauldjupe.bsky.social and I recently published a piece about Christian nationalism as a mechanism used by men to protect their sense of masculinity. If you want to read more, we've published a summary at Religion in Public: religioninpublic.blog/2025/03/10/c...

In a new piece titled 'Jesus and John Wayne Wannabes', now out at Sociology of Religion, @pauldjupe.bsky.social and I explore the role of felt gender on Christian nationalism. We find that men who describe themselves as feminine use Christian nationalism as a compensatory tool.

After release of the Pew Report last week, @brooklynwalker.bsky.social and I dig in to our data to find "The Reactionary Religious Reengagement of Young Men." It's stunning to see how distinct they are from not just younger women but older Christians too. religioninpublic.blog/2025/03/05/t...

I've been concerned that commentators have been too quick to segment Christian nationalism to just "White CN" as particularly problematic. In reaction, I've been looking at CN within other groups, even those targeted in typical CN policy. In our new piece... religioninpublic.blog/2025/02/17/i...

Religion-and-politics folks are wrestling with what Christian nationalism actually entails. Here's my attempt to wade into that debate. religioninpublic.blog/2025/02/12/i...