🚨New Paper Klaxon 🚨 Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief. Now out at PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇 1/ 11 🧪 #atheism #religion #culture #evolution

Columbia University’s immediate submission & betrayal of the core mission of higher education reflects cowardice and capitulation to a government that appears intent on destroying US higher education. Full statement from AAUP President Todd Wolfson: www.aaup.org/news/cowardi...

Maine said it wouldn't break state law to follow President Donald Trump's order barring transgender girls from playing girls' sports. Then came a barrage of investigations and threats.

Researchers who study religion: which specialty journals do you publish in or cite? Here's a publicly editable/shareable list of (so far) 32 journals covering the disciplinary water front: what's missing? docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The ARDA is the world's largest online religion data archive, with a lot of really great resources that bring that data to life for those who are interested in their communities, states, our nation, and the world. Subscribing to our newsletter (2 emails a month) will keep you up to date!

Gorgeous day in Rocky Mountain National Park!

Meow Wolf Denver was pretty great

What a horrible idea. I really hope this doesn't pass.

This is a long but clarifying read by political scientists who have studied the rise and fall of democracies around the world: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

as a medievalist, as a church historian, let me say that within the long history of Christianity, I cannot emphasize enough how actually normal this is. this is Constantine, Charlemagne, Frederick Barbarossa, Louis IX, even Henry VIII! this is still Christianity, as empire-hungry as it is.

Trump's planning to sign an executive order to combat anti-Christian bias. In a recent article in @psychscience.bsky.social, my colleagues (led by @marahalkire.bsky.social) & I show that such political appeals can serve as potent racial dog whistles. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

We've been redesigning our Honors curriculum at UMaine. Next Fall I get to teach my new Honors 101 - Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Culture, and Identity. Check out the course trailer - youtu.be/jWw-D04AADw