Gina A. Zurlo

Morning coffee from Gray Fox Coffee in Minneapolis 🧟‍♂️

In Minneapolis for the annual meeting of the Religious Research Association and @sssreligion.bsky.social. Is this a uniquely Minnesotan dish? 🤔

Another statistic of the week from the @wiareport.com

Don't let anyone tell you the pay gap doesn't exist.

Grateful to the American Society of Church History for supporting my project on 20th-century women theologians!
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From the Women in Academia report today

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Pope Francis Made the Church More Global. What Does That Mean for the Conclave? Francis appointed most of the cardinals. But they may not choose another pope like him.

Glad to see my data from the World Christian Database cited in this @nytimes.com article! The Catholic Church is the most global it has ever been.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Catholic Statistical Center of Gravity (2025 rev) - Google My Maps An equal number of Catholics live to the north, south, east and west of this geographic point. Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Christian Database (Brill, accessed April 2025)

The statistical center of gravity of Catholicism from the first century to 2050 (projected); there's an equal number of Catholics to the North, South, East, and West of each point.

By 2050, the center of gravity for Catholicism will likely be Timbuktu, Mali.

www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...

Rest in peace, Pope Francis (1936–2025) ✝️

Upcoming webinar featuring new Catholic research on April 25!

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Yet his own deportation plans include removing 10 million Christians from the country.

With shoutouts to and in solidarity with my fellow banned authors at the US Naval Academy who write about religion and racial justice:
@antheabutler.bsky.social
@revjimwallis.bsky.social
@michaelericdyson.bsky.social
@esglaude.bsky.social
Bryan Massingale

So my phone started blowing up last night because guess who's on the banned book list at the naval academy? Yours truly. Go support an author today and buy a book off of this this list... Doesn't even have to be mine. Gift link coming

I looked through the entire list of 400 books. So many excellent works on race and gender history. This is silencing of academics and historical erasure.

About 80% of those at risk of deportation from the US are Christians (10 million) – 61% Catholic & 13% Evangelical.

With no change in US law, one out of every 12 Christians are vulnerable to deportation or could lose at least one family member to deportation.

Full report here: tinyurl.com/muu4bkwt

Why wait until the deadline? Submit your #SSSR_RRA2025 individual paper, session proposal or book panel today. Join us Oct 31 - Nov 2 for our Annual Meeting in Minneapolis.

➡️ Look around the world today and it is clear beyond a shadow of a doubt: religion matters. sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...

Looking forward to this webinar next week!

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I think my Bluesky feed is broken. No one is talking about International Women’s Day 🤔
I miss old Twitter ☹️

Christian Iranian deported to Panama appeals to Trump for reprieve to avoid 'life in prison' in Iran An Iranian woman who was among 299 migrants deported by the United States to Panama has appealed to President Donald Trump for a reprieve so she can avoid being sent back to Iran. As a Christian conve...

12 Iranian Christian converts are among the 299 refugees deported to Panama, plus Afghan women and girls. They absolutely cannot be sent back home.

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Looking forward to this webinar next week with @gerardomarti.bsky.social!
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Call for chapters - De Gruyter Handbook on Religion and Social Change. Seeking chapters on:

-Religion, social change, race,racism
-Religion, women, gender, sexuality
-Religion, war, peace
-Religion, social change, education

Learn more ⬇️
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How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State Changes to a key funding formula will reduce research grants at hospitals and universities by billions — and may discourage future research.

How Trump’s medical research cuts would hit colleges and hospitals in every state: www.nytimes.com/interactive/... My colleagues and I crunched the numbers.

Call for papers is open for #SSSR_RRA2025!

Obsessed with this team name and logo. Go Banshees!

The mountain owns itself. ❤️

Looking forward to this very timely webinar with @gerardomarti.bsky.social!
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I get asked about global religious nationalism a lot. New study from @pewresearch.org out!

First earthquake I’ve ever experienced!

Glad to see the Episcopal Church have this moment. I know the data, trends, and theory as to why, but it always astounds me that Americans generally agree with the positions of progressive churches, yet they’re in severe decline.

Couples are celebrating in a crowd at a group wedding event. Many are arm in arm, and the floor is rainbow-striped. A headline reads: "Thailand Celebrates New Same-Sex Marriage Law With Mass Wedding." Photo by Lauren DeCicca for The New York Times.

“Today we feel secure and safe and happy.” After Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, couples gathered for a mass wedding in Bangkok. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/w...

Seems sus.