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Christian nationalism encourages us to live as though our power & privilege are under threat. When living & acting out of a place of fear, we do whatever is necessary to protect power & privilege, even jettisoning central aspects of the Christian faith. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/ice-...

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Iranian Christians fleeing persecution for their faith in Iran find persecution in the United States. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/ice-...

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Also, the years being used are 2021, 2022, and 2023. Trying to remember what was happening around then that could have influenced college attendance and graduation…………………..

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Read my latest Lucid essay, The Iran Strike as a Holy War: open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

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With the always extremely relevant @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social

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Imagine that - institutional processes can encourage cooperation?! Well, I’ll be.

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New study from @pauldjupe.bsky.social et al. out in @polbehavior.bsky.social. We've often found Christian nationalism & churchgoing are signed in opposite directions in regressions. Authors propose viewing such findings as suppression effects & explore implications. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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The thing about interdisciplinary work is everyone gets to misunderstand you from a unique angle

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1st meeting of White House Religious Liberty Commission, being held at Museum of the Bible, opens with a prayer "in Jesus's holy name." That quickly shows that this isn't about true religious liberty for all but instead co-opting religious liberty for conservative Christianity.

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I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.

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An inspiring Florida man story. For once.

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Reporter: I'm going to show you what 20,000 people in the streets of downtown Los Angeles looks like

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Three idols of Christian nationalism: 1. Self-interested power 2. Fear of the “others” who threaten that power 3. Violence #3 is acceptable and natural because #2 threatens #1, and the Christian God promised “us” #1.

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Essential reading (by @jasonstanley.bsky.social) for every American. The media, aided by a handful of reactionary academics and compliant university administrations, has sold the public a huge lie about wokeness on college campuses, enabling the extreme right. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Two Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota shot in their separate homes

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Sharing some new research: In states with fewer college graduates (and perhaps more working class folks), the relationship between increasing levels of Christian nationalism and vote share for Trump is at its strongest. andrewwhitehead.substack.com/p/christian-...

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Here’s a list from @kettering.org on what you can do where you are at. Do what you can, where you can. kettering.org/feeling-para...

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“The only people who can save us is us.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...

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Thanks to the @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social‬ for having me on. Give it a listen if you can!

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5-year anniversary for the audiobook of TAKING AMERICA BACK FOR GOD! They're offering it at a 75% discount for the next month. So proud of this work with @profsamperry.bsky.social. If you want the primer on Christian nationalism in the US, this is it. www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

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Andrew Whitehead (@andrew-whitehead.bsky.social), Executive Co-Director of @religiondata.bsky.social, was named a distinguished research fellow by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation (@kettering.org). Learn more about Andrew's honor and work at raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/news/andrew-....

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🔹 Erica Frantz: expert on authoritarianism & democratic backsliding 🔹 @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social Whitehead: leading voice on Christian nationalism 🔹 @devawo.bsky.social: authority on social movements & race and imagination

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Some exciting news: I'm joining @devawo.bsky.social & Erica Frantz as research fellows w/ the Charles F. Kettering Foundation (@kettering.org)! Sign up for their newsletter to stay up-to-date with all they are doing to promote democratic principles and values. kettering.org/kettering-fo...

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I hear calls for “civility” I believe that many of us are mistaking docility for civility

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BREAKING @prri.org: 76% of Americans, including 52% of Republicans, oppose spending $45 million to hold a large parade of soldiers, weapons, and combat vehicles on the streets of Washington, D.C., in celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday and President Trump’s birthday. prri.org/spotlight/mi...

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New poll from @prri.org shows majorities of pretty much every political and religious subgroup—even those with favorable views of Trump—oppose the $45 million military parade. prri.org/spotlight/mi...

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I’ve said it before but it is embarrassing that so many intellectuals spent years in small factional battles over the propriety of calling this fascism.

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I can’t compete with this

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"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...

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Open access and free to read! 2024 election analysis, hot off the press.

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Erin McDonnell's (@profmcdonnell.bsky.social) amazing new paper "Bureaucracy in Action: The Sociology of Public Administration" is online now at the Annual Review of Sociology. Check it out!!! @ndsociology.bsky.social @artslettersnd.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu...

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I can tell some of you people have never watched the WWF/WWE. Elon is doing a classic “heel turn.” This builds tensions and keeps ratings high. By Electomania 2028, liberals will try to tag Elon in, but he’ll refuse. Then, when Trump is about to be pinned, he’ll bit Dems with a steel chair.

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This is your health on MAGA.

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NEW RESEARCH - FREE TO READ 2024 election: State-level support f/ Christian nationalism predicts vote f/ Trump, esp in states w/ greater working-class populations. Shows CNs role as ideological context f/ Trump's populist appeal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @profsamperry.bsky.social

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Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history

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Bluesky is hearing it first! 🚨 here is my first first author publication🚨 Read more about how masculinity functions as a barrier to men's entry into sex ed courses 👀 doi.org/10.1177/1097...

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I taught Jessica's book HOLDING IT TOGETHER in my Families and Society class this past semester, and the students raved about the experience. They loved the clear writing and arguments & the stories with real people that illustrated the trends being discussed. It's a book that meets this moment.

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NEW RESEARCH - FREE TO READ 2024 election: State-level support f/ Christian nationalism predicts vote f/ Trump, esp in states w/ greater working-class populations. Shows CNs role as ideological context f/ Trump's populist appeal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @profsamperry.bsky.social

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