Religion, Media, and Pop Culture
A list of scholars who research pop culture and religion, digital religion, (new) media and religion, film and religion, etc.
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@jbartashius.bsky.social
@mbaysa.bsky.social
Religion, Media Technologies, and Early America, teaching at the University of Vermont, PHD in American Religions from Princeton University
@radde-antweiler.bsky.social
Professor of religion in times of deep mediatization at the university of Bremen, however, strictly private on BlueSky
@meevans.bsky.social
Phenomenology of Religion | Mythic Living | Hip-Hop and Afro-Asia. Writing on Myth & Meaning in Hip-Hop and the Wu-Tang Clan.
@taylormedia.bsky.social
Author, professor, environmental writer, media consultant, retreat leader, outdoorswoman, horse lover, and mom.
@shaynasheinfeld.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Religion at Augsburg University. Research: Ancient Judaism & Christianity; Gender; Apocalypse; Pop Culture. Jew. She/her.
@tazeenmali.bsky.social
scholar of islam & gender • race & religion in the US • currently writing on US & UK Muslims on TV • author of The Women’s Mosque of America: Authority & Community in US Islam NYUP • she/her • views are my own
@jmayward.bsky.social
Asst. Professor of Christian Ministries, Theology and the Arts @ George Fox University, OR • PhD, St Andrews • Pastor-Theologian • 🍅 approved Film Critic • Author (books on Dardenne brothers, Christopher Nolan, Sufjan Stevens) • Human (he/him)
@drleahpayne.bsky.social
Author, God Gave Rock & Roll to You: a History of CCM @OUPReligion | Pods: @PRX #RTDR | #SpiritandPower | #WeirdReligion
@katieinnm.bsky.social
Religious Studies / American Studies at UNM. Historian of Catholicism / Bad Catholic. I write about Catholic missions / horror/ abuse / church-state etc. NW Indiana -> Philly -> Albuquerque (505!). 🇵🇸 Will probably just post stuff about running.
@anthonyb1939.bsky.social
Film, religion, politics. The Look of Catholics: Portrayals in Popular Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War (University Press of Kansas).
@rhcraig.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Religion - Whitman College | South Asian Buddhism and American Buddhism | Religious Authority; Religion and Music; and Religious Experience. Book: Dancing in My Dreams (https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802878632/dancing-in-my-dreams/)
@bvlsingler.bsky.social
Anthropologist/Geek thinking about how you think about AI & robots. Assistant Professor in Digital Religions at UZH. Bvlsingler.com. She/her. 🌈 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9781003256113/religion-artificial-intelligence-beth-singler
@josephlaycock.bsky.social
I'm a religious studies professor. I study new religious movements, exorcism, and satanic panic, among other topics. https://sites.google.com/view/joseph-p-laycock/
@thedemonologist.bsky.social
I am a professor of religion who teaches elements of popular culture, monstrosity, and medieval studies. My writings are primarily about demons and the demonic, currently present-day American demonology and politics: https://linktr.ee/mheyes
@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
@therevealer.bsky.social
Award-winning online magazine about religion, society, and media published by NYU's Center for Religion & Media. https://therevealer.org/
@michaelmunnik.bsky.social
Canadian pilgrim in Wales. Sociologist of media and religion, senior lecturer at Cardiff University, Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK. Musical side-hustle at https://michaelmunnik.ca/
@datcampbell.bsky.social
PhD in telling stories about media, religion, & national narratives | part-time Prof | part-time Editor | writing, researching in whatever time is left | Religionish Podcast | blogging @ Sitting in the Stacks | she/her datcampbell.com
@jlgittinger.bsky.social
PhD Religious Studies. South Asia, scifi, human rights, disability, nationalism. She/her. I talk about Star Trek too much but oh well. Alt account for Skylight: @juli-drg
@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/
@martinvdlinden.bsky.social
PhD candidate in the study of religion, Linnaeus University, Sweden | Shinto, aesthetics of religion, digital religion, intermediality, and critical media theory https://lnu.se/en/staff/martin.vanderlinden/
@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
@martakolo.bsky.social
sociologist of religion and digital media, qualitative researcher, dog person
@annaneumaier.bsky.social
religion & digital media, religiosity, pluralisation. prof für relwiss @ uni bochum. 'gastarbeiterkind'. hier persönliches zu relwiss, hochschulpolitik, gesellschaft, diesdas.
@sohinipillai.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Religion & Director of Film and Media Studies at Kalamazoo College. Mahabharata & Star Wars Fan. Dog Mom. she/her/hers
@khansonwoodruff.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, Harvard Religion. Researching American Christianity, gender, media, and politics.
@themodsisyphus.bsky.social
Settler. Religion, media, & culture scholar. Writing on digital hate & extremism, ritual, & Hindu/tva publics. Animal lover, anti-caste, anti-racist, anti-hate, anti-fascist. No response to trolls. RP ⍯ Endorsement; BLM, FREE PALESTINE all posts personal
@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)
@giuliaevolvi.bsky.social
Marie Curie fellow with project MERGE - on digital religion, social movements, and gender - at University of Bologna 🇮🇹 and University of Colorado Boulder 🇺🇲. She/her. Website: https://giuliaevolvi.com/
@mccutcheonsays.bsky.social
I’m University Research Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. I was a longtime Dept Chair but now teach, read, write, weed the yard on the weekends and have opinions on the fate of higher ed.
@davidfeltmate.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology; Scholar of Religion and Popular Culture, Humor, and Social Theory; Co-editor, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture
@larisa-denise.bsky.social
Asst. Prof. @ Univ of Utah. Dissertating for funsies😭. Studying religion, media, and the interwebs. 🦋
@teemutaira.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religion. Researching public discourses on religion; atheism and nonreligion; religion and news media; methodology. Author of Taking "Religion" Seriously (2022) and other books. https://teemutaira.wordpress.com
@jolyonbt.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof of Religious Studies. Author, Faking Liberties (2019), Drawing on Tradition (2012); co-editor, New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (2025). Latest article: https://doi.org/10.1111/rsr.17249. Web: jolyon.thomasresearch.org
@kaitlynugoretz.bsky.social
That chick obsessed with Shinto and #torii gates. ⛩️🔍🗺️ Anthropologist of (Japanese) religion, digital tech, media & pop culture | Lecturer & Assoc. Editor @ Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture | YouTuber @ Eat Pray Anime | Cultural consultant
@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