American Religion Scholars
Just a collection of overspecialized nerds who study American religion.
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@benjaminepark.bsky.social
@drrachelwagner.bsky.social
Author, Cowboy Apocalypse (2025) and Godwired (2012). Prof of Religious Studies @ Ithaca College, mom & caregiver, disgruntled idealist, loud introvert. Religion, gaming, politics, media, film. #cowboyapocalypse Next book on hope. Follow for hope skeets.
@colincrawford.bsky.social
Historian of modern American religion and culture Notre Dame PhD student '28 formed by Holy Cross College, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, and Marquette U
@samirakmehta.bsky.social
Scholar of American religion, especially American Judaism, focusing on Religion and Reproductive Politics in the US, Interfaith Families, Jews of Color. Knitter, cellist. Dogs and cats, living together!
@katielheatherly.bsky.social
Notre Dame History PhD Student studying the history of religion, gender & sexuality.
@drbains.bsky.social
Historian of religion in America and of Christian worship at Samford U. | Editor of magiccityreligion.org, an undergraduate-written site on religion in Birmingham, AL | Studies religion in D.C. | Blog at chasingchurches.org. | Displaced Virginian.
@kerith.bsky.social
Associate Professor. Argumentation, Advocacy, Rhetoric of Religion. #TeamRhetoric
@karimwafa.bsky.social
Indigenous Writer. Historian. Lecturer & Poet. PhD in Southern African American History. I write about culture, identity, empire and books. Author of: child of a stolen homeland For more: https://linktr.ee/karimwafa
@andrealturpin.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History, Baylor U. Author, *A New Moral Vision: Gender, Religion, & the Changing Purposes of American Higher Education.* Currently researching women in US religious controversies. Views my own.
@keithsgrant.bsky.social
PhD in History | Historian of early North America, Emotions, and Book Culture | Assoc Prof at Crandall University | CoEditor http://earlycanadianhistory.ca
@peterjauhiainen.bsky.social
Religion prof; Kirkwood Community College. Samuel Hopkins/New Divinity specialist. Interested in White Christian Nationalism, Religious Right/Public Education.
@revchadbrooks.bsky.social
Congregational Vitality with UMC in Louisiana. 🎙10 years stewarding #ProductivePastor. Obsessive about the devotional life, sociology, and biblical theology in the Wesleyan way. I write weekly | https://bit.ly/heychadbrooks
@hankowings.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @ UPenn / Political Theory, Religion, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Conservatism / First-gen from rural Ohio / Bahá’í
@aejohnsonphd.bsky.social
Award-winning Author and Rhetorical Historian | Professor of Communication | Rhetoric, Race and Religion, Sigma 1914🤘🏾
@katedavisphd.bsky.social
PhD in Religion and Gender focusing on religion in North America and writing about gender performance. Currently doing a post-doc in Ohio.
@wpaulreeve.bsky.social
Religion of a Different Color | Let's Talk about Race and Priesthood | This Abominable Slavery | U of U History
@cgehrz.bsky.social
(gairts) Christian. Historian. Dad of twins. Fan of Twins. Current projects: https://chrisgehrz.substack.com https://womenofbethel.org
@mjelmore.bsky.social
Historian of migration, borders, and immigration policy. Also religion. Food person. Cat person. Special needs advocate.
@sarahdees.bsky.social
Professional nerd. American & Indigenous religions. History of museums + science + politics + race + empire (+ Dolly Parton). Editorial team @ Material Religion. My views. she/her.
@ireneoh.bsky.social
Religion Professor @GWU What am I *not* interested in? is the better question... Author: What is Religious Ethics? | The Rights of God: Islam, Human Rights & Comparative Ethics Editor: Journal of Religious Ethics Honolulu - Washington, DC
@ellahadacek.bsky.social
Doctoral candidate in history at Notre Dame | religious & women/gender historian focusing on the identity & work of Catholic women converts in the long 19th | editorial assistant @ Modern American History
@zellerben.bsky.social
Professor of Religion, scholar of new religious movements, Fulbright Finland alum, cross-country skier, hiker, partner, parent, sometimes-cheesemaker
@profdognerd.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion in NC. Academic interests: animal studies, religion in the U.S., gender/sexuality studies, Jewish studies, and all things teaching. Co-Chair of the AAR’s Animals and Religion Unit. Views my own. (she/her)
@jbartashius.bsky.social
phd global studies. ecr. religion & film/gender/migration. pubs on stranger things/lady bird/fight club. bylines: @japantimes@kyotojournal@civilbeat @religiondispatches@deepkyoto https://independent.academia.edu/JBartashius
@brookwl.bsky.social
Author GOD & COUNTRY and PARADISE LUST, religion writing teacher and editor, eternal student, Chapel Hill cat lady
@paulputz.bsky.social
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. https://linktr.ee/PaulPutz
@elizabethjemison.bsky.social
I write the history of white Christian racism & teach American religion at Clemson University | Author of *Christian Citizens* UNC Press, 2020.
@johnbrooks.bsky.social
Pod Only Knows: https://t.co/trNqc2taVI 1999 the Podcast: https://t.co/uKMOe9fIVM Religious studies person I once worked for RFK Jr (derogatory) BLM Antifa forever Pro-abortion Trans rights are human rights Red Sox and Crystal Palace diehard He/Him
@podonlyknows.bsky.social
A podcast about religion from two nonreligious religion scholars who care about religion. With @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social (Alternately known as Scholars and Swear Words) BLOG: https://bit.ly/3OhMw14 POD: https://bit.ly/3WnQvxT
@pasquieractual.bsky.social
Professor of Religious Studies & History, Louisiana State University
@alana-m-vincent.net
Historian of Religion. Migrant (currently based in Finland). Bad at gender, worse at writing bios, absolutely incapable of refraining from profanity. I do stuff involving religion and literature and genocide, usually all at once.
@drleahpayne.bsky.social
Author, God Gave Rock & Roll to You: a History of CCM @OUPReligion | Pods: @PRX #RTDR | #SpiritandPower | #WeirdReligion
@tisawenger.bsky.social
Historian of American religion, religious freedom, US Empire. New book in 2025: How Settler Colonialism Made American Religion. Gardener, permaculturalist, & fermentation nerd.
@aeshimer.bsky.social
History PhD Candidate researching the beginning of the modern homeschooling movement in the US. Views mine.
@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
@caseylogana0122.bsky.social
PhD student @ Princeton (Religion in Americas) - scholar of mormonism - digital humanities - blog.clahearn.com
@mwhitcentral.bsky.social
Promoting research and networking in the field of Mormon women’s history. On IG/FB at “I Love Mormon Women’s History,” elsewhere @ MWHITcentral.
@cmcknichols.bsky.social
Historian, Hayes Chair @OhioState Mershon Ctr Carnegie Fellow 6 Books: Ideology in US Foreign Relations, Rethinking American Grand Strategy, Promise & Peril. Isolationism, Internationalism, Globalization. ⚾️
@colbytownsend.bsky.social
Dual PhD student (English/religious studies) @ IU Bloomington studying religion and literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He/him
@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📚
@buddhasinthewest.bsky.social
Buddhist material culture in media for Western audiences, including prints, photos, ephemera, &c. Digital public scholarship project curated by Peter Romaskiewicz, PhD (@peterromaskiewicz.bsky.social) 🗺 buddhasinthewest.com 🌟 New Posts: Mon, Wed, & Fri
@janiecej.bsky.social
Author of Convicting the Mormons: The Mountain Meadows Massacre in American Culture @uncpress amongst other things. This could be a Luna appreciation account.
@davidmislin.bsky.social
Historian of 19th 20th + 21st c. US religion. Temple U. faculty. Wrote about Protestants + pluralism. Now writing on religious liberals in small towns. Once and (hopefully) future marathoner. Tired political junkie. Sheetz/Wawa equal opportunist. He/him.
@ktgerbs.bsky.social
Historian of religion & race, archives, media/tech/comm, politics of education. Always asking: whose stories are told & who gets to tell them? History Prof & Dir. of Religious Studies @ U of Minnesota. Au: Christian Slavery (2018). www.katharinegerbner.com
@nbshrum34.bsky.social
UVA Religious Studies PhD Candidate | Host of the UVA Mormon Studies podcast "Scholars and Saints" | MA in Religion from Yale Divinity | Bagpiper | Cat dad
@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/
@chipcallahan.bsky.social
Religious Studies prof. Folklorist. Author, Work and Faith in the Kentucky Coal Fields: Subject to Dust. Co-Editor, The Bloomsbury Reader in the Study of Religion and Popular Culture. Currently: religious history of oceanic resource extraction (whaling)
@hildelstephens.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. of American Studies, Uni of Oslo. Book: Family Matters: James Dobson and Focus on the Family’s Crusade for the Christian Home (2019). Interests: religion, education, political culture.
@smgonzalezwi.bsky.social
Historian of Midwestern Latinos, labor, religion, and sanctuary. Author of Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in 20th Century Wisconsin.
@justingage.bsky.social
Historian, Assistant Professor in Arkansas. Author of awards winning We Do Not Want the Gates Closed between Us. https://linktr.ee/justingage
@ansleyquiros.bsky.social
Historian, Author, Teacher, Alabama resident. Writing "Committed: The Lives, Work, and Love of Charles and Shirley Sherrod." More thank you notes than posts. https://www.ansleyquiros.com/
@enc.bsky.social
Displaced Southerner. Historian of American religion, gender, women’s ordination, & Methodism. Ordained UMC Deacon. BU Theology PhD candidate. Perkins/SMU Faculty. UAB Blazer alum. ❤️: Cuppas, BBQ, porchsits, southern things, cats.
@jeichlerlevine.bsky.social
Berman Professor of Jewish Civilization, Lehigh * Author, PAINTED POMEGRANATES AND NEEDLEPOINT RABBIS writing a new book on Disney/religion optional running+cat content https://jodieichlerlevine.com/ https://religion.cas.lehigh.edu/faculty-staff/jodi-eic
@paulrfoth.bsky.social
Sparrow, lichen, music fan account Bird guide in the BC Cariboo Occasional scholar of of religious history Exile from the Salish Sea
@khansonwoodruff.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, Harvard Religion. Researching American Christianity, gender, media, and politics.
@heatherdcurtis.bsky.social
Historian of American Religion. Professor and Director of the Center for the Humanities @ Tufts.
@jonathandriddle.bsky.social
Historian of medicine and religion | Health humanities coordinator | Notre Dame PhD | Same handle everywhere Book mss: The Gospel of Health: How Science, Religion, and Capitalism Shaped Wellness in America
@kkdumez.bsky.social
Historian of gender, religion, politics. Author of NYT bestseller JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE. Next up: LIVE LAUGH LOVE.
@margjhamm.bsky.social
religion phd student at harvard | studying religion, gender, & law in modern america | she/her
@monicalmercado.bsky.social
so-called lady scholar and scholar of ladies | usually writing or thinking about Catholic girlhoods, female rage, feminist interventions in the museum, and convent road trips 🚗📚👩🏻💻🎀 | @colgate.edu prof | she/her
@burnidge.bsky.social
Historian of religion and politics in the US. Researching “progressive” political and religious movements and teaching undergraduates about religious diversity in the US and what they can do with their Religious Studies majors.
@tbmorrone.bsky.social
Postdoc in Critical Classical Studies @ Brown | labor solidarity forever 💪
@keepapitchinin.bsky.social
Ardis E. Parshall - 16 years blogging, 8300+ posts. Century of Black Mormons contributor. Mormon History Association has endowed its Public History Award in my name. Returning history/opinion columnist at the Salt Lake Tribune
@maxperrymueller.bsky.social
Professor of history and religious studies. Author of “Wakara’s America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West” (Basic Books, fall 2025). https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/max-perry-mueller/wakaras-america/9781541602595/
@mariegriffith.bsky.social
US religious history, gender & sexuality studies, religion & politics. Professor at WashU in St. Louis. Writing a book on clergy sexual abuse across American Christianity. https://rap.wustl.edu/people/r-marie-griffith/
@pharvey61.bsky.social
History, religion, books, basketball, coffee, yerba mate, wine, music, cats, academia, ongoing bonfire of the humanities. https://paulharvey.org
@randalljstephens.bsky.social
American historian, religion, environment, pop culture, the South. Author: The Devil's Music (Harvard, 2018). Prof of Am & Brit Studies, Univ of Oslo. Fulbright alumnus. https://t.co/oGDJUwAhXL
@apetro.bsky.social
Historian. Author: *Provoking Religion: Sex, Art, & the Culture Wars* (due out April 2025) and *After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, & American Religion* (2015)
@danielvaca.bsky.social
assoc. prof. @ Brown University | author of *Evangelicals Incorporated: Books and the Business of Religion in America* (Harvard, 2019) | writing about religion + inequity + taxes + visions of the common good | danielvaca.com
@makotoh.bsky.social
History grad student. Religion, sexuality, and the law in 19th–20th-century America. she/her/hers 🏳️⚧️
@kecarte.bsky.social
Early Americanist, mom, runner, fiction buff, yarn arts for meditation, but not with much skill.
@erinbartram.bsky.social
Historian of religion & gender in the 19th c US, drinker of tea in the 21st c US. Museum educator at MTH&M. Wrote some quit lit you may have read. Founder & editor at contingentmagazine.org. Former academic. Sings with Voices of Concinnity. She/her.
@hidehirota.bsky.social
Historian of US immigration. Teaches at UC Berkeley. Vice President of @iehs.bsky.social. Author of Expelling the Poor (Oxford). Writing books on foreign contract labor law and on transpacific Japanese migration.
@leahsottile.bsky.social
Books: Blazing Eye Sees All, When The Moon Turns To Blood. Podcasts: Hush, Burn Wild, Two Minutes Past Nine, Bundyville. High Country News correspondent. Subscribe to Substack. www.leahsottile.com
@maffkipp.bsky.social
Here to talk about all the officially prohibited things: religion, politics, race.
@rmclindsey.bsky.social
mom, associate professor of American Religion and Culture at Saint Louis University, lives in STL wants to read books, lift weights, and hang out with my dog
@rsjensen12345.bsky.social
Historian, archivist, documents lover. Let's talk Mormon historic print culture, shall we?
@hendrixkomoto.bsky.social
Historian, Mother, Redhead. Author Imperial Zions: Race, Religion, and Family in the American West and the Pacific
@katieludlowrich.bsky.social
Historian • Editor • Ghostwriter Centering Mormon women in their history and helping you tell the stories that matter most—your own. Co-writer Fifty Years of Exponent II. https://linktr.ee/KatieLudlowRich
@galekenny.bsky.social
Historian of US religion // knitter // author of Christian Imperial Feminism: White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire (NYU Press)
@peterjthuesen.bsky.social
Historian of American religion. Writing a book on Boston's Richard Cardinal Cushing (1895-1970), who was loved more for his humanity than his consistency. Previous books: Tornado God (OUP), Predestination (OUP), In Discordance with the Scriptures (OUP).
@jennycaplan.bsky.social
Associate Professor and Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Sports fan and professional geek. Author of Funny, You Don't Look Funny drjennifercaplan.com
@taylorpetrey.bsky.social
Professor of Religion at Kalamazoo College. Early Christianity, Gender Studies, Mormonism
@clementsaustinj.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Stanford University | American religious and intellectual history | Writing a dissertation on the creation of the American far right | ASU West alum
@kginlum.bsky.social
Professor of American Religion @Stanford. Author of Damned Nation (2014) and Heathen (2022). Director of @argcstanford.bsky.social. SFGiants fan.
@rachelbgross.bsky.social
Studying U.S. Jews and finding religion in unexpected places | Assoc. Prof. at SF State | Author: Beyond the Synagogue | Now: Mary Antin’s spiritual adventures | https://linktr.ee/rachelbgross
@ccjones.bsky.social
Historian of religion + race in North America + the Atlantic World. Editor, Journal of Mormon History. Also #BHAFC / #RSL.
@econroykrutz.bsky.social
Historian of 19th century religion and US foreign relations. Author of Christian Imperialism (2015) and Missionary Diplomacy (2024)
@judithweisenfeld.com
Scholar of African American religious history and religion and race in America Director: @xroadproj.bsky.social Website: https://www.judithweisenfeld.com/ Most recent book: Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake (NYU 2025)
@ronitstahl.bsky.social
Historian @ UCBerkeley | Author: Enlisting Faith http://tinyurl.com/yyh2p4tq | current project: religious hospitals & conscience rights | sometimes quilts, sometimes climbs | posts my own | she/her
@sarageorgini.bsky.social
Historian & Series Editor, The Adams Papers, MHS. PhD.📚Household Gods, Our Library in Paris, Oxford Handbook of Family History & Genealogy, Americans in Revolution. President, @susih.bsky.social. Views mine, history for all.
@nicholasguyatt.bsky.social
I teach American history at Cambridge. Views/opinions strictly personal. Content 40% political, 30% historical, 30% cat photos but ratio under constant review
@laurenfturek.bsky.social
Historian of U.S. foreign relations, human rights, & religion. Associate Professor of History & Director of Museum Studies at Trinity University. Musician and sci fi fan.
@brentsirota.bsky.social
Time-lag accumulator. Associate Professor of History at NC State University. I write about church & state in the long eighteenth century Atlantic world.
@theotherrbg.bsky.social
📖author, Dear Miss Perkins (Kensington, Jan. 2025) 🐻Brown postdoc🤎 ✍🏼writing a book on the American Revolution in popular culture, 1976-2026 www.rebeccabrennergraham.com
@mpgphd.bsky.social
✏️ race/gender/sex/religion/politics/America 🙄 also "cults" 💻 senior editor @religiondispatches.org 🎧 #KeepingIt101 w/ IRMF 📚 #RINDWY (Beacon 2024) | #CultsInc | #AbusingReligion (Rutgers 2020) pitch me! https://tinyurl.com/mpgphd