Bad Bunny's historical advisor is an assistant professor at UW-Madison. Hell of a flex for your tenure file.

AMERICAN CAESAR is available for pre-order. "Onishi traces the strange alliance between spiritual warfare and Silicon Valley libertarianism. At the center of it all is the desire for an unbound executive—one man, beyond checks, beyond balance, beyond democracy." us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Tomorrow is today! And if you hate dialing, 5calls.org lets you click to call your electeds. It even gives scripts (though I like the one below).

Please call your reps to defund ICE. If you’re in GA: Sen. Ossoff DC Office: (202) 224-3521  ATL Office: (470) 786-7800  Sen. Warnock DC: (202) 224-3643  GA: 770) 694-7828 If you’re in Decatur like me, here’s our rep: Rep. Johnson DC: (202) 225-1605  Decatur: (770) 987-2291

“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...

Thanks to @ahylton26.bsky.social for the invite to speak truth on the White nationalism coming straight from DHS amidst the ethnic-cleansing operation in Minneapolis. youtu.be/dXAmruUTZiI?...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire storage facility, AP source says.

What a time to decide to learn less about the world. dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

We also discussed @helenjinkim.bsky.social ‘s Race for Survival: How #ColdWar South #Korea Shaped American #Evangelical Empire!

Full house for Sharon Suh’s edited volume Emergent Dharma: #Asian American #Feminist #Buddhists on Practice, #Identity, and #Resistance #aarsbl25 #aarsbl #sblaar

also enjoying this open-access paper from Myung-Sahm Suh: Vacillating between the Cold War and the Culture War: The Contemporary Predicament of the Korean Evangelical Right www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/la...

If you or someone you know is a scholar of color who studies religion, here's a great opportunity: louisville-institute.org/programs-gra...

How have religious food movements from the early nineteenth century have to do with America’s MAHA health agenda today? @adriennekrone.bsky.social, author of FREE-RANGE-RELIGION, dives into the history in this recent blog post ⤵️ uncpressblog.com/2025/11/19/h...

Thrilled to announce my new project: my friend @sohayward.bsky.social & I have a new podcast series! AMERICAN UNEXCEPTIONALISM: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism We ask experts in democracy & religious nationalism around the globe to guide us. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0...

Latest episode of American Unexceptionalism by @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social @sohayward.bsky.social is out- this time they talk to folks about the South Korean martial law attempt by then President Yoon. For the real ones- Che Ahn mentioned! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

1 year ago today, ex-president Yoon declared martial law in South Korea. How did Koreans protect democracy? What role did religion play? How does an authoritarian past haunt? @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, Susie Hayward, Ray Kim & I chat on this podcast + see @chanheeheo.bsky.social’s op-ed

Applications for the 2025–2027 Young Scholars in American Religion cohort close in just one week on Monday, May 19, 2025. All application materials, including completed letters of recommendation, must be submitted by the deadline. Learn more and submit: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...

Lee Ok-sun, a survivor of the Japanese military‘s wartime sexual slavery system known as “comfort women,” has died at the age of 97. Her death leaves only six registered survivors of the officially recognized victims.

Collabs w/ @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social are the best! Here’s another one and special thnx to @dissentmag.bsky.social !

In this Off The Page episode, host Leslie Hickman and author Seungsook Moon discuss her new book CIVIC ACTIVISM IN SOUTH KOREA. buff.ly/xQdmiUN @NewBooksNetwork

My next book. Out in September! @harvardpress.bsky.social www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

On a quieter note, on this anniversary of the end of the American war in Viet Nam, I think back to our arrival fifty years ago at Fort Indiantown Gap and then Harrisburg, PA. 1/3

Don't forget to submit your application for the 2025–2027 Young Scholars in American Religion cohort! All application materials must be received by the deadline of May 19. Learn more and apply here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...

Congrats to @judithweisenfeld.com on the publication of Black Religion in the Madhouse! Earlier this month we had a conversation with Judith and other leading scholars, find the conversation on many different platforms and check out some resources for learning/teaching these interesting topics!

“White evangelicals (56%) are also ‘the only religious group with majority support for militarized encampments for undocumented immigrants.’ Let that sink in.” 🤦🏻‍♀️ They need a real lesson in Ethnic Studies. Oh wait, they want to ban that.

So delighted for my brilliant advisee @chanheeheo.bsky.social and the fantastic group of postdocs starting at the @ctrrelpol-washu.bsky.social this fall! rap.wustl.edu/news/jpostdo...

The best part of having a dog for the first time is learning that downward dog is literal!