Paul Putz
Historian. Director of the Faith & Sports Institute at Baylor’s Truett Seminary. Author of THE SPIRIT OF THE GAME
Into sports, theology, religion, culture, writing, teaching. Also all things Nebraska. James 1:19.
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Sports and Religion
Scholars and writers who study the cultural intersection of sports and religion
Sports History
Scholars and journalists who study, write, and share about sports history.
@elerianm.bsky.social
@lawprofschmidt.bsky.social
Law professor and lawyer. Teacher and learner of all things Employment Discrimination, Civil Procedure, State and Local Government, and Discovery Practice. I write about the workplace and how those disputes are (and/or should be) resolved.
@dustindbenac.bsky.social
Professor | Educator | Author | Father | Husband | Friend Bending imagination toward hope through institutions, belonging, and ordinary practice.
@ntphistory.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History | University of Cambridge | Historian of 20c U.S. religion and culture | Book w/ NYU Press | Sucker for books and coffee | Views are simply my own https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-nicholas-pruitt
@profsamperry.bsky.social
Professor | Books: Growing God's Family; Addicted to Lust; Taking America Back for God; The Flag and The Cross; Religion for Realists | CV: https://tinyurl.com/4hs86ntn
@khansonwoodruff.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, Harvard Religion. Researching American Christianity, gender, media, and politics.
@hannahwmetcalf.bsky.social
@johnnysmith135.bsky.social
United States Historian, Professor, Author. Next book: THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE: JOE LOUIS’S BATTLE FOR FREEDOM DURING WORLD WAR II (written with Randy Roberts)
@ctrrelpol-washu.bsky.social
Research and teaching center at Washington University in St. Louis focused on the many intersections of religion and U.S. politics. https://rap.wustl.edu/
@genezubovich.bsky.social
Historian of the modern United States. Author of BEFORE THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT. Expert on history of human rights, US foreign relations, religion. Associate Prof, University at Buffalo, SUNY. www.genezubovich.com
@petecajka.bsky.social
Assistant Teaching Prof/Director of Undergraduate Studies. U of Notre Dame, American Studies. Historian. Catholic. Augustinian/Existentialist. Writes about...Catholics. Midwesterner. Dad. Tottenham fan.
@jeffstein.bsky.social
Reporter at The Washington Post. Listen to my series on John Brown: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-carnage/id1723391781
@newsguy.bsky.social
Personal/unofficial account of VOA's chief national correspondent. Author: ‘Behind the White House Curtain.’ Board member: National Press Club, @juristnews.bsky.social; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow; W7VOA on ham radio. Adjunct asst. professor, Shenandoah Univ.
@natecollins.bsky.social
PhD, New Testament | President and Founder of Revoice| Author of All But Invisible from @ZonderAcademic | Husband of Sara, Father, ENFP/8
@ericablockparty.bsky.social
Sports journalist & researcher | Contributing author of PLAY IT FORWARD, a new book from TOGETHXR featuring 25 stories of women athletes. Past: YES Network, Jomboy Media, MLB dot com 🙋🏻♀️ she/her
@stephenbreckreid.bsky.social
Student of biblical Hebrew and the Psalms. Anabaptist Bible scholar and theologian. Strong Democrat
@samuelhhagos.bsky.social
An under-shepherd reflecting on and trying to live into the life God has entrusted to me samuelhagos.substack.com
@readjack.bsky.social
Chicago's Sports Historian. Director, Content Studio, WTWH Media. Talking to strangers since 1981. "6 Rings" book coming. Avatar 📸 by Thought Poet. 📚 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1662939418 🗞️ readjack.substack.com
@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
@marybethmathews.bsky.social
Professor of religious studies, especially the history of religion in the U.S. Knitter of all the things. Look for me wherever there are cats
@ctounsel1.bsky.social
Believer | Happy husband and dad | Associate Professor of History & Director of African Studies, University of Washington | Chosen Peoples (Duke UP), Bounds of Blackness (Cornell UP) UW bio: https://history.washington.edu/people/christopher-tounsel
@sethwickersham.bsky.social
ESPN Sr. Writer. NYT bestseller. Heliskier. Alaskan. Wedding guitarist. WashPost X-word answer. Also: "An actor known for Draft Day” “Joe Burrow’s older brother” Seth.Wickersham@espn.com
@miketheprofessor.bsky.social
co-host of Cult Favorite podcast about cult documentaries, professor of religious studies, writing about pro wrestling, kayfabe, and society
@jeremyfuzy.bsky.social
digital editor @wordandway.bsky.social covering religion and politics from a mainline perspective • Mizzou j-school/UChicago divinity alumn • proud midwesterner + ozarker • Current/Sporting/USA soccer supporter • midtown Kansas City cyclist
@bezner.bsky.social
Longtime pastor turned Truett Seminary prof of Pastoral Ministry. Trying to take Jesus seriously. Peacemaking and BBQ enthusiast. Author Your Jesus is Too American.
@justinarielbailey.bsky.social
Professor, podcaster, writer, Filipino-American on the Iowan prairie http://linktr.ee/jarielbailey
@sportswritersinc.bsky.social
JD. Owner and proprietor, SportsWritersInc.substack.com 63x solver NYT Sunday crossword
@herberthistory.bsky.social
Dad | Kentuckian in Colorado | History Dragon| Creator of Historians At The Movies #HATM | Historians At The Movies Podcast| Reckoning with Jason Herbert| Cuban coffee connoisseur| I aim to misbehave https://linktr.ee/jasonherbert
@willfranks.bsky.social
Graduate Student studying History at Baylor University https://history.artsandsciences.baylor.edu/person/will-franks
@savflanagan.bsky.social
History PhD student at Baylor University Studying women’s medicine in utopian religious communities. Also a lover of books, dogs, cats, and coffee
@rbwenger.bsky.social
Educational Curator--Historian of 20th Century Religion and Education--Baylor History Ph.D. '24--Phillies baseball fan.
@lincolnmullen.com
Historian of American religion at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media and George Mason University. https://lincolnmullen.com https://rrchnm.org
@jonathandodson.bsky.social
Theologian in Residence, Author, Speaker, Founder @gcdiscipleship Dad of 3 Wonderful kids, Husband to amazing Wife. Sci-Fi, Tennis, the War on Drugs
@jaredstacy.bsky.social
PhD, Uni of Aberdeen // Theology + Ethics // Digital Infostructure // Democracy + Extremism // American evangelicalism • Chaplain Upcoming Book📕”Holy Paranoia” w/ HarperOne jaredstacy.substack.com
@joyallmond.bsky.social
Executive editor at Christianity Today. Pickleball wife. Book lover. Almond Joy hater. A really outgoing introvert.
@matthewkaemingk.bsky.social
Author, Professor | Theology, Ethics, Politics | Books: Work & Worship, Muslim Immigration, Reformed Public Theology http://bit.ly/3AVvjCe Podcast: Zealots at the Gate
@iamfujimura.bsky.social
Artist. Author of “Art+Faith” (2021) and “Art Is” (2025) Yale University Press https://linktr.ee/Iamfujimura
@billsimmons.bsky.social
The Bill Simmons Podcast, The Rewatchables, The Ringer, Spotify, HBO’s Music Box, The Book of Basketball. Formerly: Grantland, 30 for 30, ESPN.
@brazospress.bsky.social
Brazos Press publishes books that creatively draw upon the riches of the Christian story to deepen our understanding of God’s world and inspire faithful reflection and engagement.
@wordandway.bsky.social
Creating better Christian conversations since 1896. We produce an award-winning magazine, podcast, website, & more. Editor-in-Chief: @briankaylor.bsky.social Website: https://wordandway.org Substack: https://publicwitness.wordandway.org
@jonnymorethansport.bsky.social
Elder at a church in Bicester / Interested in intersection of sport and faith / work @oakhilllondon
@peter-wehner.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum Writer for The New York Times and The Atlantic Worked in Reagan and Bush41 administrations and Bush43 White House
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social
NYT Columnist, visiting professor at Lipscomb University, Chautauqua Perry Fellow in Democracy. Married to @nancyfrench.bsky.social. Iraq vet, Grizzlies fan, born in War Eagle Country and raised in Big Blue Nation.
@mepaynl.bsky.social
@cdc29.bsky.social
Religious History | Public History | Digital History Assistant Professor of History | Loyola University Chicago https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/profiles/cantwellchristopher.shtml