PRRI Substack Live: 3 PM ET on Wednesday, June 10! Hear from @robertpjones.bsky.social, @melissadeckman.bsky.social, and special guest @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social for a timely conversation exploring what new PRRI data reveals about Trump’s favorability heading into the 2026 midterm elections.

If you think a quote from a suffragist in 1889 is too “woke feminist ideology” or that Black people as soldiers or immigrants as patriots are such offensive ideas they must be erased from the public memory, your problem isn’t “woke”- it’s just other people existing in history & having rights 🗃️

Driscoll 2.0 is wild. “He has also emphasized the need for loyalty and built a large security team that runs extensive surveillance operations on people who leave the church.

Some sentences I enjoy writing probably more than I should. #livelaughlovebook

Revisiting the enduring definitional debate, and what people get wrong about Jesus and John Wayne. open.substack.com/pub/kristind...

Reporters don't talk enough about how Republicans do not consider Democratic voters to be fully American.

Cannot recommend highly enough @kkdumez.bsky.social’s Jesus & John Wayne. The subtitle says it all. www.amazon.com/Jesus-John-W...

"I...worry that polarization has become such a dominant lens that it obscures other questions...Questions about power. Questions about democratic commitment. Questions about institutional asymmetries. Questions about who is asked to bear the burden of coexistence in moments of democratic strain."

Ya'll. I am shook. In a good way. Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing Slavery

THE Kristin Kobes DuMez is coming to The Sacred Slope! Her new book, Live Laugh Love, follows the culture-shifting impact of Jesus and John Wayne What questions do you have for @kkdumez.bsky.social? Live Laugh Love preorder wwnorton.com/books/978132... #Christianity #deconstruction

Excellent Opportunity 👇👇👇 PRRI Public Fellows Program Seeks Candidates for 2026-2027 Cohort @prri.org Mid-career, interdisciplinary scholars studying religion, culture, and politics who are committed to deepening public understanding of religion’s role in society. 11 Month Non-Residency Program

Donate, my friends. www.npr.org/donations/su...

I went down to the DC National Mall for the Rededicate250 event. Check out my field report here, plus my convo on CNN and NPR. open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...

There’s a Goodreads giveaway going on right now for LIVE LAUGH LOVE, now through May 26! urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

I've just returned from the Rededicate250 event in DC and will be joining Rev. William Barber II, @wilsonhartgrove.bsky.social , and @lisasharper.bsky.social at 5:15pm ET to talk about the Bad Faith on the National Mall. Tune in on my Redeeming Democracy substack: www.redeemingdemocracy.net

A few things: How to preorder a personalized signed copy of LIVE LAUGH LOVE, how to get a sneak peak into some of the book’s secrets, and…a bittersweet end to the semester. open.substack.com/pub/kristind...

The next book covers Noem and prairie dresses and home decor and Noem’s late dog: share.google/23ZOgfb0lZen...

Such an honor to pay tribute to the incredible Doris Bergen today. She is the author of books like The Twisted Cross: The German Christian Movement in the Third Reich, and Between God & Hitler. I was her student, her TA, and her research assistant, and her influence on my life and work is profound.

A detail I didn’t know: “The Herald entered the Epstein series for a Pulitzer Prize that year, but it was not a finalist. Alan Dershowitz … who helped broker Epstein’s original deal, wrote a letter to the Pulitzer committee that year, urging them not to honor Brown’s work.” share.inquirer.com/THMiUZ

For many evangelicals, "what it means to obey God for them means bringing this nation under God's laws." - @kkdumez.bsky.social (~30:09) In a nutshell, this is why evangelicalism is discordant with our pluralistic constitutional democracy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DoF...

Who knew that writing about Elisabeth Elliot would be one of my favorite parts about this book.

The time has come… open.substack.com/pub/kristind...

I listen to every episode, but gotta say this one was special.

I thought I'd be super angry while reading "Jesus and John Wayne" by @kkdumez.bsky.social but instead I keep making this face and saying "Weirdos."

Bracing. Timely. Urgent and unflinching. @robertpjones.bsky.social’s latest book is coming soon: open.substack.com/pub/kristind...

The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

Our latest episode is up. Trump reads the Bible, Doug Wilson falls flat, and churches step up. @robertpjones.bsky.social @jemartisby.bsky.social @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social @kkdumez.bsky.social convocation.substack.com/p/trump-read...

Thanks to @kkdumez.bsky.social and @annewhitesell.bsky.social for their great insight in this @rns.org piece by @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social, reporting on @prri.org 's latest survey report on abortion attitudes in America. religionnews.com/2026/04/23/w...

Seriously. And they’re not even the least bit creative, either.

“Fascists always have Clergy somewhere in attendance.” That sentence should be on a continuous loop.

Doug Wilson’s nonsense, theological and otherwise, is on full display. His bluster doesn’t work without yes men telling him he’s right. The emperor has no clothes, and it’s not a pretty sight. It is pretty dang funny, though. This is who he is. This is all he is.” open.substack.com/pub/kristind...

I am 100% behind this idea from @kkdumez.bsky.social . The orange one doesn't get to redefine patriotism and make it all about himself. Rather than focus on him, let's have a massive party that takes all attention away from him and puts it where it should be on the people of the Unitied States.

We're up with recording of this week's LIVE show. @robertpjones.bsky.social @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social @kkdumez.bsky.social @jemartisby.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/convocat...

Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio looks at the degree to which the war in Iran is fracturing MAGA, at home and abroad. With @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social, @kkdumez.bsky.social and @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Trump's AI Jesus cracks Christian nationalist loyalty. Ken & historian Kristin Du Mez unpack the Antichrist moment. @kkdumez.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/thekenha... Follow The Ken Harbaugh Show here: linktr.ee/thekenharbau...

It doesn't get any more "Jesus and John Wayne" than stealing a fake bible verse from a Tarantino movie, which was previously stolen from a Samurai movie. @kkdumez.bsky.social, if you're listening. I think there's a new forward for your next edition here.

How did a predictable “family values” evangelical politics become the engine of an anti-democratic movement with unprecedented access to American power? American Dominion, a new book by Keri Ladner, tackles the question head-on: open.substack.com/pub/kristind...

Initial responses to LIVE LAUGH LOVE did not disappoint: open.substack.com/pub/kristind...

Always an honor to talk with @bmietana.bsky.social and weigh in on @bethmoorelpm.bsky.social: “Sometimes the silence is worse,” said Du Mez. “The silence from friends can be worse than attacks from opponents or enemies.”

You know, I'm not in DC right now but how hard would it be if everybody against this murderous despot would leave their house and get in the streets tonight with a candle and say no more

I love that LIVE LAUGH LOVE is coming out with the same publisher as JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. A complementary pair. 😏

Ha yes, this book is ideal for book clubs. With wine. Obviously.

Girls be like “I needed this” and it’s @kkdumez.bsky.social historicizing white Christian women.

This is a supervillain monlogue. I will never understand how anyone can watch this man say things like “a whole civilization will die tonight” and fail to recognize evil when they see it.

Looking forward to this! If you think Jesus and John Wayne was a hit, and crucial and groundbreaking in understanding such a time as this, well hold on! @kkdumez.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kristind...

Thrilled to finally be at this point—LIVE LAUGH LOVE releases in September and it’s now available for preorder! Live Laugh Love is about exactly what you think it is… open.substack.com/pub/kristind...

We live in an era where factual recounting of leading figures’ (Musk, Trump, Hegseth) words and actions plus the most rudimentary dot connecting sounds incredibly evil, so many people assume it can’t be true, or don’t want to deal with the implications of it being true, and therefore simply do not.

“…The German community…had nothing to do except not to interfere. Absolutely nothing was expected of them except to go on as they had, paying their taxes, reading their local paper, & listening to the radio.” Reading German history in 2026 America hits different. open.substack.com/pub/kristind...

This makes sense only because I'm current reading Jesus and John Wayne by @kkdumez.bsky.social

This entire administration is uninformed people laughing at experts, rejecting their advice, and then discovering why the experts said what they said.