Morning coffee from Gray Fox Coffee in Minneapolis 🧟‍♂️

In Minneapolis for the annual meeting of the Religious Research Association and @sssreligion.bsky.social. Is this a uniquely Minnesotan dish? 🤔

Another statistic of the week from the @wiareport.com Don't let anyone tell you the pay gap doesn't exist.

Grateful to the American Society of Church History for supporting my project on 20th-century women theologians! @harvarddivinity.bsky.social

From the Women in Academia report today @wiareport.com

Glad to see my data from the World Christian Database cited in this @nytimes.com article! The Catholic Church is the most global it has ever been. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The statistical center of gravity of Catholicism from the first century to 2050 (projected); there's an equal number of Catholics to the North, South, East, and West of each point. By 2050, the center of gravity for Catholicism will likely be Timbuktu, Mali. www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...

Rest in peace, Pope Francis (1936–2025) ✝️

Upcoming webinar featuring new Catholic research on April 25! Register here: tinyurl.com/yaw7n8ww

Yet his own deportation plans include removing 10 million Christians from the country.

With shoutouts to and in solidarity with my fellow banned authors at the US Naval Academy who write about religion and racial justice: @antheabutler.bsky.social @revjimwallis.bsky.social @michaelericdyson.bsky.social @esglaude.bsky.social Bryan Massingale

So my phone started blowing up last night because guess who's on the banned book list at the naval academy? Yours truly. Go support an author today and buy a book off of this this list... Doesn't even have to be mine. Gift link coming

I looked through the entire list of 400 books. So many excellent works on race and gender history. This is silencing of academics and historical erasure.

About 80% of those at risk of deportation from the US are Christians (10 million) – 61% Catholic & 13% Evangelical. With no change in US law, one out of every 12 Christians are vulnerable to deportation or could lose at least one family member to deportation. Full report here: tinyurl.com/muu4bkwt

Why wait until the deadline? Submit your #SSSR_RRA2025 individual paper, session proposal or book panel today. Join us Oct 31 - Nov 2 for our Annual Meeting in Minneapolis. ➡️ Look around the world today and it is clear beyond a shadow of a doubt: religion matters. sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...

Looking forward to this webinar next week! tinyurl.com/3eanvr32

I think my Bluesky feed is broken. No one is talking about International Women’s Day 🤔 I miss old Twitter ☹️

12 Iranian Christian converts are among the 299 refugees deported to Panama, plus Afghan women and girls. They absolutely cannot be sent back home. observers.france24.com/en/americas/...

Looking forward to this webinar next week with @gerardomarti.bsky.social! Register here: tinyurl.com/nhkyp6m3

Call for chapters - De Gruyter Handbook on Religion and Social Change. Seeking chapters on: -Religion, social change, race,racism -Religion, women, gender, sexuality -Religion, war, peace -Religion, social change, education Learn more ⬇️ sssreligion.org/announcement...

How Trump’s medical research cuts would hit colleges and hospitals in every state: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... My colleagues and I crunched the numbers.

Call for papers is open for #SSSR_RRA2025!

Obsessed with this team name and logo. Go Banshees!

The mountain owns itself. ❤️

Looking forward to this very timely webinar with @gerardomarti.bsky.social! Register here: tinyurl.com/nhkyp6m3

I get asked about global religious nationalism a lot. New study from @pewresearch.org out!

First earthquake I’ve ever experienced!

Glad to see the Episcopal Church have this moment. I know the data, trends, and theory as to why, but it always astounds me that Americans generally agree with the positions of progressive churches, yet they’re in severe decline.

“Today we feel secure and safe and happy.” After Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, couples gathered for a mass wedding in Bangkok. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/w...

Seems sus.

Any other millennials just out of energy to invest in a new social media platform? 😅

Polio cases in US states, before and after introduction of the polio vaccine graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...

The Christian world will be different in 25 years. The shift to the Global South (Africa, Latin America, Asia) has shifted the core of leadership. Both Catholicism and Protestant denominations will need to move from European/North American dominance to a parity model listening to this shift.

Harvard’s Committee on the Study of Religion (CSR) is searching for a College Fellow in Modern Jewish Thought (one-year postdoctoral position w/possibility of renewal for a second year; app due Jan 31, 2025) - please help us spread the word! facultyresources.fas.harvard.edu/resource/col...

Mourning the loss of Twitter, but ready to connect on Bluesky! 🦋