Aw Iβm always striving to be interesting and actually useful π₯Ή canβt wait to hear you play something from the new album!!
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PhD Candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill | Thinking about Religion, Sex, and Governance | Host at New Books Network - Religion | All Taylor Swift opinions are my own https://thereluctantamericanist.com
Aw Iβm always striving to be interesting and actually useful π₯Ή canβt wait to hear you play something from the new album!!
07.10.2025 00:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I have a lot of thoughts about Taylor Swiftβs The Life of a Showgirl but even more about the discourse about the album! Why are people so worked up? Read my thoughts!
When Intimate Publics Shift: Understanding the Discourse around Taylor Swift's New Album thereluctantamericanist.com/2025/10/06/w...
Submission deadline extended to October 6! Proposals are just a paper title and 300 word abstract - submit!!
Find the full CFP at relse.org.
The CFP for the AAR-Southeast 2026 meeting at Furman University in Greenville, SC is due on October 1! Find the CFP atΒ relse.org, and consider submitting to the Religions in America section!
Meeting is March 6-8 - hope to see your proposals!! Reach out with any questions!
Listen here, or anywhere you stream podcasts: newbooksnetwork.com/religion-and...
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My interview with @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social about the 2nd edition of Religion and the Domestication of Dissent is out! We chat about the book but more importantly we talk about the state of the field (spoiler: bleak) and what to do from the all-too-late place we're in now.
28.08.2025 15:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Looking forward to this conversation taking place on Wednesday! Itβs beyond time we start rethinking what graduate education in religious studies looks like if we hope to have a future as a field. Tune in, and register here: aarweb.org/event/future...
25.08.2025 13:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It was such a pleasure to talk with @bethhurd.bsky.social about her fantastic new book! Itβs so important, so relevant, and SUCH a compelling read. Listen to our conversation anywhere you stream podcasts @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social in Religion!
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Itβs been a minute, but Iβm back on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with @judithweisenfeld.com talking about her wonderful new book. I so enjoyed the conversation, and itβs always an honor to learn from Dr. Weisenfeld. Listen now anywhere you stream podcasts!
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In my PhD Candidate era π₯πβ¨
06.05.2025 01:19 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We put up with a lot and academia isnβt always fun (especially right now) but the students make it worth it. Iβm excited to be back in a classroom next year and get to teach again!
24.04.2025 00:07 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0End of year awards ceremony was a success, and I even took home the departmentβs teaching award! When they started reading student evaluations in the announcement, I was really hoping for my two favorite ones to make an appearance. Oh Gen Z, how I adore you π«Άπ
24.04.2025 00:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Iβm so excited to be part of this cohort! Iβm looking forward to starting my new year with this crash course in public scholarship π«‘
31.12.2024 02:01 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I think Disco loves when new books arrive just as much as I do πͺ©ππ
17.12.2024 18:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Several of the contributors are part of a panel on the book tonight at 5 in Conv Center 31-B. Join us if youβre not already home from #sblaar24
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Today at 12:30 PST in HB Aqua 300!
βDiagnosing Digital Archives: New Theories & Methods for Studying Religion Onlineβ
How do we deal w the ever-evolving nature of digital religion & its expressions? The papers grapple w how to build, assess & derive new insights from digital archives. #sblaar24
To my fellow introverts heading out into the wonderfully social #aar #aarsbl24 #sblaar24 conference, remember: we got this!
Most people are kind, willing to hear about your research, and happy to make connections.
Oh hey are you in San Diego?
22.11.2024 00:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The conference starts at baggage claim π
21.11.2024 21:05 β π 14 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0On my way to San Diego for AAR! Drop by my presentation on Saturday 12:30pm-2:30pm in the Hilton Bayfront Aqua 300 to hear about digital archives and computational analysis in my version of that vine that goes βWHY are you running?!β
21.11.2024 15:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our final roundtable session is this Saturday at 1pm! Join us for a conversation with an amazing group of scholars on interdisciplinary applications of religious studies.
20.11.2024 19:06 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 2New episode is out now! I chatted with M. Cooper Minister and Sarah Bloesch about the second edition of their textbook βCultural Approaches to Studying Religion: An Introduction to Theories and Methodsβ
Listen now π
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Had a blast talking w/ Leslie Dorrough Smith and Steven Ramey about their amazing new textbook! If youβre teaching World Religions anytime soon, get your hands on this book! It is so importantly different from other WR books!
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New textbook just published!
More info & order at 25% off quoting code RW here:
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Excited to see this out! I wrote the first version several years and many political moments ago, but that almost makes the case study even more interesting. Find my article, as well as the whole special issue βBelief, Reconsideredβ at the Implicit Religion site here: journal.equinoxpub.com/IR/index
24.11.2023 15:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Excited to be presenting at NAASR 2023 on Friday alongside these awesome people! See you in San Antonio!
13.11.2023 15:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very excited for this conversation to be out! I talked with Naomi Goldenberg about her volume "The End of Religion", unpacked her theory of religion as a vestigial state, and talked about the exciting new directions her theorizing is headed. Listen now!
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My interview with Jason Bivins on his recent book βEmbattled America: The Rise of Anti-politics and Americaβs Obsession with Religionβ is out @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
It was a great conversation about the new framework for understanding politics + religion he is working towards! Listen nowπ
Finally made the move over here! Iβm excited to be on a less icky platform and keep doing religious studies on the internet with you all π
Thanks @thornthewitch.bsky.social for the code π