Carlos Ruiz Martinez
@borderrealigion.bsky.social
Doctoral candidate in religious studies| writing about religion and immigration enforcement| interested in how and why religion gets defined
Pinned
Mass Deportation | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
On July 8, 2025, Alberto Rojas, the Bishop of San Bernardino, offered a dispensation to faithful in his diocese from the holy Catholic obligation of attending Mass. This dispensation extends to those ...
arcmag.org
Religious liberals have advocated for immigrant rights for decades. Sanctuary churches are an example.
I offer a brief history of the sensitive locations memo and argue that Trump is redrawing the boundaries of public religion in America.
arcmag.org/mass-deporta...
I offer a brief history of the sensitive locations memo and argue that Trump is redrawing the boundaries of public religion in America.
arcmag.org/mass-deporta...
My graduate school journey has been winding, enjoyable (sometimes not), and challenging in good and bad ways. Nothing like a good beginning of semester meeting with your advisor that helps you see and feel excited about the end of the tunnel.
September 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My graduate school journey has been winding, enjoyable (sometimes not), and challenging in good and bad ways. Nothing like a good beginning of semester meeting with your advisor that helps you see and feel excited about the end of the tunnel.
Crucial background reading:
September 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Crucial background reading:
My toxic trait is taking my YMCA youth league soccer coaching way too seriously
August 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My toxic trait is taking my YMCA youth league soccer coaching way too seriously
Foucault was on to something
August 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Foucault was on to something
Religious liberals have advocated for immigrant rights for decades. Sanctuary churches are an example.
I offer a brief history of the sensitive locations memo and argue that Trump is redrawing the boundaries of public religion in America.
arcmag.org/mass-deporta...
I offer a brief history of the sensitive locations memo and argue that Trump is redrawing the boundaries of public religion in America.
arcmag.org/mass-deporta...
Mass Deportation | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
On July 8, 2025, Alberto Rojas, the Bishop of San Bernardino, offered a dispensation to faithful in his diocese from the holy Catholic obligation of attending Mass. This dispensation extends to those ...
arcmag.org
July 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Religious liberals have advocated for immigrant rights for decades. Sanctuary churches are an example.
I offer a brief history of the sensitive locations memo and argue that Trump is redrawing the boundaries of public religion in America.
arcmag.org/mass-deporta...
I offer a brief history of the sensitive locations memo and argue that Trump is redrawing the boundaries of public religion in America.
arcmag.org/mass-deporta...