The Convocation Unscripted
The Convocation Unscripted is a joint project of Diana Butler Bass, Kristin Du Mez, Jemar Tisby, and Robert P. Jones. Follow us for updates from The Convocation Unscripted Substack magazine, YouTube channel, and podcast.
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@robertpjones.bsky.social
President and founder, PRRI. NYT Bestselling author of The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future; White Too Long; The End of White Christian America. Writing at https://www.whitetoolong.net.
@dianabutlerbass.bsky.social
Author - faith, culture, politics, history. Duke PhD. 11 books - 2 more on the way! Tons of bylines. The Cottage newsletter: https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com Website: www.dianabutlerbass.com. Struggling gardener, foe of Theocracy, and dog mom
@kkdumez.bsky.social
Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Next up: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
@jeffsharlet.bsky.social
Bestsellers THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War & THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series. + THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE & more. Words & pics Vanity Fair. Professing @ Dartmouth. He/Him. New writing: https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/
@antheabutler.bsky.social
Professor, Ride or die Eagles fan, traveler and gin drinker. Comedic truth teller.
@mjcressler.bsky.social
🤖 chief of staff for CPIT: https://www.cpitpbc.com/ ✍🏼 rogue scholar & writer 4 hire on Catholics + anti/racism, sex abuse, horror(s), pop culture, & more: https://matthewjcressler.com/ 💥 comix creator: https://badcatholics-comics.org/
@andrew-whitehead.bsky.social
IU Indianapolis sociologist studying religion, culture, politics, disability | Books on Christian Nationalism http://linktr.ee/andrewwhitehead | Substack: https://andrewwhitehead.substack.com/ | Bio: https://tinyurl.com/42wspc8m
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
History & Italian Professor, NYU; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," with 20 new lessons on Ukraine, "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
@hahrie.bsky.social
Director of @SNFAgoraJHU, Professor of PolSci, Director of P3 Lab @JohnsHopkins. Studying organizing, movements, civic engagement, democracy. All views my own.
@melissadeckman.bsky.social
CEO at PRRI, I write about American politics, religion, and gender. https://melissadeckman.com; https://www.prri.org/
@julieingersoll.bsky.social
Author: "Building God's Kingdom" (OUP). I teach and write about religion, politics, violence, and the far right. Providing updates from the Florida dystopia, I'd rather be in my camper.
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
@stellarouse.bsky.social
Political scientist and director of the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University. I study how identities inform political attitudes and policy preferences among the mass public and within institutions. www.stellarouse.com
@briankaylor.bsky.social
Baptist minister with PhD in political communication. New book: 'Baptizing America.' President & Editor-in-Chief - @WordAndWay.bsky.social bkaylor@wordandway.org http://publicwitness.wordandway.org
@kellyjbaker.bsky.social
writer. mother. little gremlin. PhD. MFA student. author of Gospel According to the Klan, The Zombies Are Coming, Grace Period, Final Girl, etc. co-host of @podonlyknows.bsky.social newsletter: https://www.kellyjbaker.com/newsletter/
@wajali.bsky.social
Writer. Tired Dad. Minivan Driver. Editor of The Left Hook Substack (https://thelefthook.substack.com); Co-host of The Democracy-Ish Podcast; Author of a Memoir and a Play wajali.com wajahatmali@protonmail.com
@andrewlseidel.bsky.social
Attorney. Fighting Christian Nationalism. Defending the 1st Amendment. Author. 📖The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is un-American 📖American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom Life is too good to waste on bad ideas.
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social
senior scholar at Institute for Islamic, Christian, & Jewish Studies | creator of "Charismatic Revival Fury" podcast | author of The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement that is Threatening Our Democracy
@prripoll.bsky.social
Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization conducting research at the intersection of religion, values, and public life. www.prri.org
@gerardomarti.bsky.social
William R Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology @ Davidson College | Race, Religion, Power, Social Change | Past Editor Soc of Rel Journal, President SSSR & ASR, Chair ASA Rel & AAR Rel and Soc Sci Unit | cv https://bit.ly/40mps8D | Schuller Bio 2025📚
@sarahposner.bsky.social
Investigative journalist, columnist, expert on the Christian right. Working on something new. Author, Unholy. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/unholy-by-sarah-posner/ More: https://www.sarahposner.com
@reportbywilson.bsky.social
Journalist and Researcher | Reporting and Research on the U.S. Radical Right | Publisher of Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social | Subscribe: https://www.radicalreports.org | Support My Work: https://linktr.ee/reportbywilson
@robertdownen.bsky.social
Texas Monthly reporter covering the far right, Christian nationalism and the billionaires funding them. Helped expose the Southern Baptist abuse crisis. Fan of Hip Hop and loud guitars. DAEAC#E evangelist. Send me good music.
@sethcotlar.bsky.social
Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://sethcotlar.substack.com/
@bradleyonishi.bsky.social
Research on Christian nationalism and the American Right. Co-host of @straightwhitejc and founder of Axis Mundi Media. 4th Gen Lakers fan. www.axismundi.us
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