Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears. 
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame. 
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            The home for Baylor's Department of History news. 
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Teaching at NYU | scholar of religion, sexuality, disability, and race in the US | author of “Born Again Queer: A History of Evangelical Gay Activism and the Making of Antigay Christianity” (May 12, 2026) | 🏳️🌈🏃🏻♂️🎾
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            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.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            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.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Pod Only Knows: https://t.co/trNqc2taVI
1999 the Podcast: http://bit.ly/3I211ql
Religious studies person
ICE/prison/golf abolitionist
BLM
Anti-fascism forever
Trans rights are human rights
Red Sox and Crystal Palace diehard
He/Him
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Author: "Building God's Kingdom" (OUP). I teach and write about religion, politics, violence, and the far right. Providing updates from the Florida dystopia, I'd rather be in my camper.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                    
                            
                    
                    
                                            Assistant Professor of Interreligious Histories at Union Seminary; Author of the national bestseller, The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your Life
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization conducting research at the intersection of religion, values, and public life. 
www.prri.org
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            I wrote a book about now, THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, & 2 about how we got here, THE FAMILY & C ST, also a Netflix series. My fave books sell fewest: THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; & SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE. Professing @ Dartmouth. He/Him.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Author - faith, culture, politics, history. Duke PhD. 11 books - 2 more on the way! Tons of bylines. The Cottage newsletter: https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com Website: www.dianabutlerbass.com. Struggling gardener and dog mom
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Politics SotoZenBuddhism Food Writing Art IyengarYoga | Orange County NC Dem precinct chair | Exec Editor Emerita @UNC_Press & love my authors.
[above: Sphinx (1964) by Saori Akutagawa Madokoro]
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Assoc. Prof of Religious Studies. Author, Drawing on Tradition (2012), Faking Liberties (2019); co-editor, New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (2025); co-author, Animating Action (soon). Web: jolyon.thomasresearch.org
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Historian | Religious Studies | Indigenous Studies | UNC Chapel Hill
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            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 
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                                            Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            Scholar in critical American religion, gender, culture studies | Asst Prof of Interdisciplinary Studies & Digital Humanities at Champlain College | Academic Director, Women, Gender & Representation Precollege Programs at Smith College
                                     
                            
                    
                    
                                            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