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Brazos Press publishes books that creatively draw upon the riches of the Christian story to deepen our understanding of God’s world and inspire faithful reflection and engagement.
On the latest episode of The Holy Post podcast, listen to sociologist and former pastor, @ryanburge.bsky.social, the author of The Vanishing Church, discuss why the political polarization of Christianity is hurting both the church and democracy.
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704: Love is All We Need + Moderate Churches with Ryan Burge
Podcast Episode · The Holy Post · 01/21/2026 · 1h 27m
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January 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
On the latest episode of The Holy Post podcast, listen to sociologist and former pastor, @ryanburge.bsky.social, the author of The Vanishing Church, discuss why the political polarization of Christianity is hurting both the church and democracy.
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Featured Book: This looks like a great Bible reading resource for Lent. @brazospress.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Featured Book: This looks like a great Bible reading resource for Lent. @brazospress.bsky.social
Are Americans becoming more religious? @ryanburge.bsky.social was on @nytopinion.nytimes.com Interesting Times podcast with Ross Douthat to explore this question and discuss the findings of his new book, The Vanishing Church.
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No, Young Men Are Not Returning To Church. | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
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January 22, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Are Americans becoming more religious? @ryanburge.bsky.social was on @nytopinion.nytimes.com Interesting Times podcast with Ross Douthat to explore this question and discuss the findings of his new book, The Vanishing Church.
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Religious belief in America is no longer trending downward. Why? On this episode of @nytimes.com podcast “Interesting Times” Ross Douthat sits down with @ryanburge.bsky.social, author of The Vanishing Church, to discuss the myths and realities of religious revival. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
America’s Very Weird Religious Future
Podcast Episode · Interesting Times with Ross Douthat · 01/22/2026 · 1h 1m
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January 22, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Religious belief in America is no longer trending downward. Why? On this episode of @nytimes.com podcast “Interesting Times” Ross Douthat sits down with @ryanburge.bsky.social, author of The Vanishing Church, to discuss the myths and realities of religious revival. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
🎉We are excited to announce Zachary Wagner's next book! Men of Virtue is about how the Fruit of the Spirit can shape our vision for biblical manhood. The answer to today’s masculinity crisis isn’t bravado, toxicity, or erasure… it’s virtue. You can learn more here: bakerbookhouse.com/products/978...
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 PM
🎉We are excited to announce Zachary Wagner's next book! Men of Virtue is about how the Fruit of the Spirit can shape our vision for biblical manhood. The answer to today’s masculinity crisis isn’t bravado, toxicity, or erasure… it’s virtue. You can learn more here: bakerbookhouse.com/products/978...
Tomorrow at the January Series in Grand Rapids, MI, @kaitlincurtice.bsky.social will speak about the power of stories. The talk will unpack how powerful stories function like living seeds, growing into trees that define who we are.
We would love to see you there. Link: calvin.edu/january-seri...
We would love to see you there. Link: calvin.edu/january-seri...
Kaitlin Curtice - Journeying with Story: Tue, Jan 20 2026, 12:30 - 1:30pm
Kaitlin Curtice will reveal how powerful stories function like living seeds, growing into trees that define who we are. An award-winning author and poet-storyteller, Kaitlin will incorporate readings ...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Tomorrow at the January Series in Grand Rapids, MI, @kaitlincurtice.bsky.social will speak about the power of stories. The talk will unpack how powerful stories function like living seeds, growing into trees that define who we are.
We would love to see you there. Link: calvin.edu/january-seri...
We would love to see you there. Link: calvin.edu/january-seri...
🌟Cover Reveal!🌟 Paul for the World by @nijaykgupta.bsky.social unpacks a vision for finding meaning in this life--not just the next.
Paul's vision of Christianity isn't escapist. It's not all about the next life. He inspires us to live meaningfully now.
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Paul's vision of Christianity isn't escapist. It's not all about the next life. He inspires us to live meaningfully now.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
🌟Cover Reveal!🌟 Paul for the World by @nijaykgupta.bsky.social unpacks a vision for finding meaning in this life--not just the next.
Paul's vision of Christianity isn't escapist. It's not all about the next life. He inspires us to live meaningfully now.
Preorder: bakerbookhouse.com/products/978...
Paul's vision of Christianity isn't escapist. It's not all about the next life. He inspires us to live meaningfully now.
Preorder: bakerbookhouse.com/products/978...
"He Left the Pastorate. But He Hasn’t Given up on Religion."
In this piece from @christianitytoday.com, @michaelrwear.bsky.social writes about how @ryanburge.bsky.social's new book, The Vanishing Church, shows the importance of faith for America.
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In this piece from @christianitytoday.com, @michaelrwear.bsky.social writes about how @ryanburge.bsky.social's new book, The Vanishing Church, shows the importance of faith for America.
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He Left the Pastorate. But He Hasn’t Given up on Religion. - Christianity Today
Ryan Burge’s Vanishing Church shows the importance of faith for America.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"He Left the Pastorate. But He Hasn’t Given up on Religion."
In this piece from @christianitytoday.com, @michaelrwear.bsky.social writes about how @ryanburge.bsky.social's new book, The Vanishing Church, shows the importance of faith for America.
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In this piece from @christianitytoday.com, @michaelrwear.bsky.social writes about how @ryanburge.bsky.social's new book, The Vanishing Church, shows the importance of faith for America.
www.christianitytoday.com/2026/01/the-...
💥Launch Day!💥 The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us by @ryanburge.bsky.social releases today! Featuring new data, personal stories, and helpful analysis! Link here: bakerbookhouse.com/products/978...
January 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
💥Launch Day!💥 The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us by @ryanburge.bsky.social releases today! Featuring new data, personal stories, and helpful analysis! Link here: bakerbookhouse.com/products/978...
"Mainline Protestantism tried to reject the extremes of evangelical Christianity while also resisting the pull toward nonreligion. In doing so, it accelerated its own demise."
Read the feature on The Vanishing Church by @ryanburge.bsky.social!
Read the feature on The Vanishing Church by @ryanburge.bsky.social!
Mainline Protestantism tried to reject the extremes of evangelical Christianity while also resisting the pull toward nonreligion. In doing so, it accelerated its own demise, writes Ryan P. Burge in an excerpt from his new book.
America's Vanishing Church
Mainline Protestantism tried to reject the extremes of evangelical Christianity while also resisting the pull toward nonreligion. In doing so, it accelerated its own demise, writes Ryan P. Burge in an excerpt from his new book.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
"Mainline Protestantism tried to reject the extremes of evangelical Christianity while also resisting the pull toward nonreligion. In doing so, it accelerated its own demise."
Read the feature on The Vanishing Church by @ryanburge.bsky.social!
Read the feature on The Vanishing Church by @ryanburge.bsky.social!
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Faith for turbulent times: Four new books on Scripture and spiritual formation
Seeking grounding in turbulent times? These new releases on Isaiah, resilience and Presbyterian identity offer wisdom, comfort and challenge.
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Seeking grounding in turbulent times? These new releases on Isaiah, resilience and Presbyterian identity offer wisdom, comfort and challenge.
@wjkbooks.com
@brazospress.bsky.social
Faith for turbulent times: Four new books on Scripture and spiritual formation
Seeking grounding in turbulent times? These new releases on Isaiah, resilience and Presbyterian identity offer wisdom, comfort and challenge.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Faith for turbulent times: Four new books on Scripture and spiritual formation
Seeking grounding in turbulent times? These new releases on Isaiah, resilience and Presbyterian identity offer wisdom, comfort and challenge.
@wjkbooks.com
@brazospress.bsky.social
Seeking grounding in turbulent times? These new releases on Isaiah, resilience and Presbyterian identity offer wisdom, comfort and challenge.
@wjkbooks.com
@brazospress.bsky.social
We are excitedly making plans for the Festival of Faith and Writing! If you're planning to go this year, comment below and let us know! We can't wait to see you there. 😀
January 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
We are excitedly making plans for the Festival of Faith and Writing! If you're planning to go this year, comment below and let us know! We can't wait to see you there. 😀
@nytimesoped.bsky.social piece from @elizabetholdfield.bsky.social, author of Fully Alive.
"Now that we can put more space between us, we have forgotten how to have healthy conflict, to compromise, to prioritize people over preferences."
"Now that we can put more space between us, we have forgotten how to have healthy conflict, to compromise, to prioritize people over preferences."
“Our culture discourages compromise,” Elizabeth Oldfield writes. “Fighting for your own preferences is often framed as an almost moral act — a way to assert your autonomy or love yourself.”
Opinion | A Practical Guide to the Modern Commune
Three lessons from a London commune.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
@nytimesoped.bsky.social piece from @elizabetholdfield.bsky.social, author of Fully Alive.
"Now that we can put more space between us, we have forgotten how to have healthy conflict, to compromise, to prioritize people over preferences."
"Now that we can put more space between us, we have forgotten how to have healthy conflict, to compromise, to prioritize people over preferences."
"Many people today pick their church by their politics and won't sit beside anyone who disagrees. Why is this happening?"
@publisherswkly.bsky.social talks with @ryanburge.bsky.social about his forthcoming book, The Vanishing Church.
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@publisherswkly.bsky.social talks with @ryanburge.bsky.social about his forthcoming book, The Vanishing Church.
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A Political Scientist’s ‘Altar Call’: PW Talks with Ryan Burge
In The Vanishing Church (Brazos), the Washington University professor, who examines American religion through data, frets over Christians’ deep polarization, urging believers to find a church where di...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"Many people today pick their church by their politics and won't sit beside anyone who disagrees. Why is this happening?"
@publisherswkly.bsky.social talks with @ryanburge.bsky.social about his forthcoming book, The Vanishing Church.
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@publisherswkly.bsky.social talks with @ryanburge.bsky.social about his forthcoming book, The Vanishing Church.
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Giveaway! 🚨 Enter for the chance to win a free copy of The Vanishing Church by @ryanburge.bsky.social!
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Book giveaway for The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us (Why the Culture Wars Led to Polarization and What We Can Do About It) by Ry...
Enter to win one of 5 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Dec 14-Jan 13, 2026. We're giving away five copies of The Vanishing Church by Ryan P. Bu...
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December 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Giveaway! 🚨 Enter for the chance to win a free copy of The Vanishing Church by @ryanburge.bsky.social!
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The holidays are a time to come together, but polarization still looms over our country in so many ways. It impacts family gatherings, faith communities, and our democracy.
Learn more about the solution at the webinar with @ryanburge.bsky.social, hosted by @rns.org.
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Learn more about the solution at the webinar with @ryanburge.bsky.social, hosted by @rns.org.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Vanishing Church: How Polarization Is Reshaping American Faith. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join Religion News Service for a timely conversation with social scientist Ryan Burge, whose new book The Vanishing Church debuts in January. As moderate American churches disappear—and with them a ke...
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December 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The holidays are a time to come together, but polarization still looms over our country in so many ways. It impacts family gatherings, faith communities, and our democracy.
Learn more about the solution at the webinar with @ryanburge.bsky.social, hosted by @rns.org.
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Learn more about the solution at the webinar with @ryanburge.bsky.social, hosted by @rns.org.
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It's time to vote! Cast your vote for your favorite Brazos Press books of the year in the @erbks.bsky.social's Readers' Best Awards!
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Readers' Best Awards - Vote for Your Favorite Books of 2025! - The Englewood Review of Books
As the end of 2025 approaches, we invite you to share the best new books that you’ve read this year […]
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December 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's time to vote! Cast your vote for your favorite Brazos Press books of the year in the @erbks.bsky.social's Readers' Best Awards!
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We are thrilled to share that The Anti-Greed Gospel by @malcolmbfoley.bsky.social was named the 2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR by @erbks.bsky.social! 🏆🎉 We have heard from so many readers in 2025 that this book impacted, inspired, and challenged them. We are so excited to see this recognition!
For Day 10 of our Advent calendar, we're excited to share our 2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Anti-Greed Gospel by @malcolmbfoley.bsky.social & from @brazospress.bsky.social
Learn more about this book we can't stop talking about here at Englewood: buff.ly/RIcVOCL
Learn more about this book we can't stop talking about here at Englewood: buff.ly/RIcVOCL
December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We are thrilled to share that The Anti-Greed Gospel by @malcolmbfoley.bsky.social was named the 2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR by @erbks.bsky.social! 🏆🎉 We have heard from so many readers in 2025 that this book impacted, inspired, and challenged them. We are so excited to see this recognition!
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Today I’m joined by Marissa Franks Burt and Kelsey Kramer McGinnis
Their new book, The Myth of Good Christian Parenting, might be the most necessary reality check the church has seen in years.
https://www.youtube.com/live/N4NLoIODgcw?si=6LkLPWRDPNuph3NU
Their new book, The Myth of Good Christian Parenting, might be the most necessary reality check the church has seen in years.
https://www.youtube.com/live/N4NLoIODgcw?si=6LkLPWRDPNuph3NU
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Today I’m joined by Marissa Franks Burt and Kelsey Kramer McGinnis
Their new book, The Myth of Good Christian Parenting, might be the most necessary reality check the church has seen in years.
https://www.youtube.com/live/N4NLoIODgcw?si=6LkLPWRDPNuph3NU
Their new book, The Myth of Good Christian Parenting, might be the most necessary reality check the church has seen in years.
https://www.youtube.com/live/N4NLoIODgcw?si=6LkLPWRDPNuph3NU
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🎁✨🎄GIVEAWAY🎁✨🎄
I’m giving away two copies of our book!
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Many thanks to those who read and left reviews. ❤️
I’m giving away two copies of our book!
To enter:
-follow me
- like & share this post
-tag ppl for extra entries
-share on a diff platform for extra entries
-let me know in the comments!
Runs through Friday 12/12.
Many thanks to those who read and left reviews. ❤️
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🎁✨🎄GIVEAWAY🎁✨🎄
I’m giving away two copies of our book!
To enter:
-follow me
- like & share this post
-tag ppl for extra entries
-share on a diff platform for extra entries
-let me know in the comments!
Runs through Friday 12/12.
Many thanks to those who read and left reviews. ❤️
I’m giving away two copies of our book!
To enter:
-follow me
- like & share this post
-tag ppl for extra entries
-share on a diff platform for extra entries
-let me know in the comments!
Runs through Friday 12/12.
Many thanks to those who read and left reviews. ❤️
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Grateful for this new review of You Have a Calling!
“Calling, a crucial theme in Christian discipleship, is explored in depth and with clarifying force.”
@brazospress.bsky.social
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“Calling, a crucial theme in Christian discipleship, is explored in depth and with clarifying force.”
@brazospress.bsky.social
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Living purposeful lives that flourish
Calling, a crucial theme in Christian discipleship, is explored in depth and with clarifying force by Karen Swallow Prior in You Have a Calling. Beginning with a broad view of how our current culture ...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Grateful for this new review of You Have a Calling!
“Calling, a crucial theme in Christian discipleship, is explored in depth and with clarifying force.”
@brazospress.bsky.social
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“Calling, a crucial theme in Christian discipleship, is explored in depth and with clarifying force.”
@brazospress.bsky.social
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Tis the season for "Best Books of 2025" lists! 🏆🎉 We are excited to see so many Brazos Press authors on this list from @jtcochran.bsky.social!
Read the whole list here: www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...
Read the whole list here: www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...
Best Books Of 2025
In keeping with past tradition since joining the illustrious team of historian at the Anxious Bench, I am once again sharing my best books...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Tis the season for "Best Books of 2025" lists! 🏆🎉 We are excited to see so many Brazos Press authors on this list from @jtcochran.bsky.social!
Read the whole list here: www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...
Read the whole list here: www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...
We are proud to sponsor the Exiles in Babylon Conference hosted by Theology in the Raw! Right now, you can get an extra 15% off the Early Bird rate. Grab an in-person ticket for $205 with the promo code XMAS15. theologyintheraw.com/exiles26/
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
We are proud to sponsor the Exiles in Babylon Conference hosted by Theology in the Raw! Right now, you can get an extra 15% off the Early Bird rate. Grab an in-person ticket for $205 with the promo code XMAS15. theologyintheraw.com/exiles26/
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“Black autistic pastor and disability scholar @lamarhardwick.bsky.social shows how ideas around race and disability can cost people their lives.”
– review by Lilia Ellis
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– review by Lilia Ellis
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When ableism and racism intertwine
Black autistic pastor and disability scholar Lamar Hardwick shows how ideas around race and disability can cost people their...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“Black autistic pastor and disability scholar @lamarhardwick.bsky.social shows how ideas around race and disability can cost people their lives.”
– review by Lilia Ellis
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@brazospress.bsky.social
– review by Lilia Ellis
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'Healing the Hidden Wounds of Spiritual Trauma'
Listen to the podcast interview with Hillary McBride ➡️
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Listen to the podcast interview with Hillary McBride ➡️
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Hillary McBride: Healing the Hidden Wounds of Spiritual Trauma
Podcast Episode · No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp · 01/12/2025 · 52m
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December 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
'Healing the Hidden Wounds of Spiritual Trauma'
Listen to the podcast interview with Hillary McBride ➡️
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Listen to the podcast interview with Hillary McBride ➡️
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