Lloyd Barba
@elprofebarba.bsky.social
Relig Prof at Amherst College | current research areas: immigration, Pentecostalism, Latino religion, sanctuary movt., & Cesar Chavez | Go Blue!
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New: 2024-2025 PRRI Public Fellows Anita Huizar-Hernandez, @elprofebarba.bsky.social, and @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social spoke to @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social about the oral history project they conducted to better understand shifts in Americans' views on immigration
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Good Faith Weekly, 09/12/2025 - Political Unrest + Anita Huizar-Hernandez, Lloyd Barba & Sergio G...
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September 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Enjoyed the conversation!
Excellent work here by USC Phd student Christian Pattavina!
Read what I wrote about an upcoming Supreme Court case on an egregious violation of religious freedom, and how Christian nationalists want to hijack it to advance their insidious agenda:
religiondispatches.org/landor-in-ba...
religiondispatches.org/landor-in-ba...
Landor in Babylon — How a Rastafari's Case against Prison Injustice Could Be Used to Weaponize 'Religious Liberty'
Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, a case brought by Damon Landor after officers at the Raymond Laborde Correctional Center f...
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July 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Excellent work here by USC Phd student Christian Pattavina!
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Job: Latinx religious studies "The Latina/o Studies Program at Williams College welcomes applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Latinx religious studies and/or the study of spiritual practices, broadly and interdisciplinarily defined."
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July 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Job: Latinx religious studies "The Latina/o Studies Program at Williams College welcomes applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Latinx religious studies and/or the study of spiritual practices, broadly and interdisciplinarily defined."
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New piece by @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and @elprofebarba.bsky.social in @dissentmag.bsky.social: "The Future of Sanctuary"
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The Future of Sanctuary - Dissent Magazine
Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term—but their work has always entailed great personal risk.
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May 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
New piece by @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and @elprofebarba.bsky.social in @dissentmag.bsky.social: "The Future of Sanctuary"
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
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Truly enjoyed working on this w/ @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and thnx to the superb team at @dissentmag.bsky.social
From our spring issue: @elprofebarba.bsky.social and @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social on the sanctuary movement.
Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term—but their work has always entailed great personal risk.
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term—but their work has always entailed great personal risk.
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
The Future of Sanctuary - Dissent Magazine
Sanctuary activists face new challenges under Trump’s second term—but their work has always entailed great personal risk.
www.dissentmagazine.org
May 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Truly enjoyed working on this w/ @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and thnx to the superb team at @dissentmag.bsky.social
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📣Bryn Mawr College invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellow for a scholar with expertise in contemporary American religion. The Fellow will partner with President Wendy Cadge and research collaborators nationally. Start date July, 2025. sssreligion.org/announcement...
May 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
📣Bryn Mawr College invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellow for a scholar with expertise in contemporary American religion. The Fellow will partner with President Wendy Cadge and research collaborators nationally. Start date July, 2025. sssreligion.org/announcement...
Too kind!
You *have* to check out @elprofebarba.bsky.social's latest in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Blazing new paths in the study of sanctuary movements!
My latest in JAAR. This time on the “usable sacred histories” of the Sanctuary Movement.
Shoutout to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social
and the American Religion workshops at Stanford and Princeton led by @kginlum.bsky.social and Nicole Myers Turner, respectively.
academic.oup.com/jaar/advance...
Shoutout to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social
and the American Religion workshops at Stanford and Princeton led by @kginlum.bsky.social and Nicole Myers Turner, respectively.
academic.oup.com/jaar/advance...
May 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Too kind!
My latest in JAAR. This time on the “usable sacred histories” of the Sanctuary Movement.
Shoutout to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social
and the American Religion workshops at Stanford and Princeton led by @kginlum.bsky.social and Nicole Myers Turner, respectively.
academic.oup.com/jaar/advance...
Shoutout to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social
and the American Religion workshops at Stanford and Princeton led by @kginlum.bsky.social and Nicole Myers Turner, respectively.
academic.oup.com/jaar/advance...
“An Historic and Hallowed Principle in Religious Life:” The Usable Sacred Histories of the 1980s Sanctuary Movement
ABSTRACT. This article draws on numerous primary sources to tease out the “usable sacred histories” that Sanctuary Movement congregations of the 1980s invo
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May 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
My latest in JAAR. This time on the “usable sacred histories” of the Sanctuary Movement.
Shoutout to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social
and the American Religion workshops at Stanford and Princeton led by @kginlum.bsky.social and Nicole Myers Turner, respectively.
academic.oup.com/jaar/advance...
Shoutout to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social
and the American Religion workshops at Stanford and Princeton led by @kginlum.bsky.social and Nicole Myers Turner, respectively.
academic.oup.com/jaar/advance...
Collabs w/ @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social are the best! Here’s another one and special thnx to @dissentmag.bsky.social !
So proud of this co-written piece, put together with my compa @elprofebarba.bsky.social, in the latest edition of @dissentmag.bsky.social. We review the history of the sanctuary movement and what it means for faith-based migrant justice movements today.
May 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Collabs w/ @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social are the best! Here’s another one and special thnx to @dissentmag.bsky.social !
Grateful for this opportunity to finish my next book “A Refuge of Resistance: A History of the US Sanctuary Movement” 🙏
We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 ACLS Fellowships! This year, the program will award more than $3.5 million to 62 scholars, recognizing outstanding research in the humanities and social sciences: bit.ly/4jwiyEq
American Council of Learned Societies Awards 62 ACLS Fellowships
ACLS Fellowships award $3.5 million to scholars in recognition of excellence in humanities and social sciences research
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April 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Grateful for this opportunity to finish my next book “A Refuge of Resistance: A History of the US Sanctuary Movement” 🙏
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The history of sanctuary is a history of organizing that has guidance for us now. Grateful to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and @elprofebarba.bsky.social for their incredible work.
@elprofebarba.bsky.social and I are in TIME today sharing our thoughts on the history of sanctuary cities, a social movement practice now forty years old.
Thanks to @carlygoodman.bsky.social for all of your editing, couldn't have done it without you!
time.com/7264323/sanc...
Thanks to @carlygoodman.bsky.social for all of your editing, couldn't have done it without you!
time.com/7264323/sanc...
Sanctuary Cities Are Not New
Since the 1980s, communities have challenged deportations by crafting sanctuary city policies.
time.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The history of sanctuary is a history of organizing that has guidance for us now. Grateful to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and @elprofebarba.bsky.social for their incredible work.
Reposted by Lloyd Barba
@elprofebarba.bsky.social and I are in TIME today sharing our thoughts on the history of sanctuary cities, a social movement practice now forty years old.
Thanks to @carlygoodman.bsky.social for all of your editing, couldn't have done it without you!
time.com/7264323/sanc...
Thanks to @carlygoodman.bsky.social for all of your editing, couldn't have done it without you!
time.com/7264323/sanc...
Sanctuary Cities Are Not New
Since the 1980s, communities have challenged deportations by crafting sanctuary city policies.
time.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
@elprofebarba.bsky.social and I are in TIME today sharing our thoughts on the history of sanctuary cities, a social movement practice now forty years old.
Thanks to @carlygoodman.bsky.social for all of your editing, couldn't have done it without you!
time.com/7264323/sanc...
Thanks to @carlygoodman.bsky.social for all of your editing, couldn't have done it without you!
time.com/7264323/sanc...
Happy to share my new “Spotlight Analysis” for @prripoll.bsky.social.
Migrant crime is the Trump administration’s key propaganda piece, so, an aggressive media campaign is in place to swell this already high-tide of xenophobia.
www.prri.org/spotlight/wh...
Migrant crime is the Trump administration’s key propaganda piece, so, an aggressive media campaign is in place to swell this already high-tide of xenophobia.
www.prri.org/spotlight/wh...
Why the Second Trump Administration Is Making Americans’ Perception of Migrant Crime Central to its Communications | PRRI
Lloyd Barba, Ph.D., is a 2024-2025 PRRI Public Fellow who focuses on immigration and migration. He is also an assistant professor of religion and Latinx/Latin American studies at Amherst College in Ma...
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March 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Happy to share my new “Spotlight Analysis” for @prripoll.bsky.social.
Migrant crime is the Trump administration’s key propaganda piece, so, an aggressive media campaign is in place to swell this already high-tide of xenophobia.
www.prri.org/spotlight/wh...
Migrant crime is the Trump administration’s key propaganda piece, so, an aggressive media campaign is in place to swell this already high-tide of xenophobia.
www.prri.org/spotlight/wh...
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Interested in learning about local immigration sanctuary policies in the U.S.?
Check out "Mapping U.S. Sanctuary Policies."
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Check out "Mapping U.S. Sanctuary Policies."
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Mapping U.S. Sanctuary Policies
Welcome to our story map about local immigration sanctuary policies passed from 2001-2014 in the United States. We are glad you are here!Note: Due to the interactive features and data intensity of thi...
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February 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Interested in learning about local immigration sanctuary policies in the U.S.?
Check out "Mapping U.S. Sanctuary Policies."
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cdc7...
Check out "Mapping U.S. Sanctuary Policies."
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cdc7...
A bevy of Beecher books from my personal collection for class today as we wrapped up Stowe’s religious biography. I lowkey wonder what Henry (Amherst class of 1834) would have to say about all this 🤔
February 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A bevy of Beecher books from my personal collection for class today as we wrapped up Stowe’s religious biography. I lowkey wonder what Henry (Amherst class of 1834) would have to say about all this 🤔
Happy to see this getting more coverage in Spanish media and had a great conversation with Patricia Caro at El País…we chatted about a wide range of topics but lots of big issues and major players sort of conversation.
February 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Happy to see this getting more coverage in Spanish media and had a great conversation with Patricia Caro at El País…we chatted about a wide range of topics but lots of big issues and major players sort of conversation.
More big news on all things sanctuary and freedom of religion…also churches see attendance drop for fear of deportations.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
Trump won't block immigration arrests in houses of worship. Now these 27 religious groups are suing
More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans have filed a federal court lawsuit challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to m...
apnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
More big news on all things sanctuary and freedom of religion…also churches see attendance drop for fear of deportations.
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
Congrats to Cara & Lauren and thanks to @gerardomarti.bsky.social & Jonathan for the smooth collab!
February 11, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Congrats to Cara & Lauren and thanks to @gerardomarti.bsky.social & Jonathan for the smooth collab!
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New: PRRI Public Fellows @elprofebarba.bsky.social and @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social consider President Trump’s efforts to dismantle sanctuary cities in order to meet his ultimate goal of mass deportations
arcmag.org/let-us-now-p...
arcmag.org/let-us-now-p...
Let Us Now Praise Sanctuary Cities | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
During a campaign rally in mid-October in Coachella, Cal., Donald Trump asked a throng of supporters if they know what a "sanctuary city" is. “That’s a place where you keep criminals, right? Who the h...
arcmag.org
February 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
New: PRRI Public Fellows @elprofebarba.bsky.social and @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social consider President Trump’s efforts to dismantle sanctuary cities in order to meet his ultimate goal of mass deportations
arcmag.org/let-us-now-p...
arcmag.org/let-us-now-p...
I shared some insight w/APNews for its story today on immigration enforcement in churches.
I noted how Latino evangelicals (unlike mainline churches) lack a unified teaching on immigration and that hinders how they might engage in sacred resistance.
apnews.com/article/lati...
I noted how Latino evangelicals (unlike mainline churches) lack a unified teaching on immigration and that hinders how they might engage in sacred resistance.
apnews.com/article/lati...
Latino evangelical churches gear up to face possible immigration enforcement in churches
A number of Latino evangelical churches in Florida and in the southeast United States are gearing up to protect their sacred spaces.
apnews.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I shared some insight w/APNews for its story today on immigration enforcement in churches.
I noted how Latino evangelicals (unlike mainline churches) lack a unified teaching on immigration and that hinders how they might engage in sacred resistance.
apnews.com/article/lati...
I noted how Latino evangelicals (unlike mainline churches) lack a unified teaching on immigration and that hinders how they might engage in sacred resistance.
apnews.com/article/lati...
Thnx, Dr. Payne!
@elprofebarba.bsky.social and @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social on Sanctuary Cities & the Trump administration: arcmag.org/let-us-now-p...
Let Us Now Praise Sanctuary Cities | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
During a campaign rally in mid-October in Coachella, Cal., Donald Trump asked a throng of supporters if they know what a "sanctuary city" is. “That’s a place where you keep criminals, right? Who the h...
arcmag.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Thnx, Dr. Payne!
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"These shifts, and how immigrant communities and their allies respond to them, are neither inevitable nor irreversible."
Sanctuary cities throw a wrench in Trump’s mass deportation plan. Here Sergio & I explain why they’re more important now than ever.
Please share w/comm leaders even if they already support sanctuary. Misinfo has maligned this timely, effective, & legal tactic.
arcmag.org/let-us-now-p...
Please share w/comm leaders even if they already support sanctuary. Misinfo has maligned this timely, effective, & legal tactic.
arcmag.org/let-us-now-p...
Let Us Now Praise Sanctuary Cities | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
During a campaign rally in mid-October in Coachella, Cal., Donald Trump asked a throng of supporters if they know what a "sanctuary city" is. “That’s a place where you keep criminals, right? Who the h...
arcmag.org
February 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"These shifts, and how immigrant communities and their allies respond to them, are neither inevitable nor irreversible."
Sanctuary cities throw a wrench in Trump’s mass deportation plan. Here Sergio & I explain why they’re more important now than ever.
Please share w/comm leaders even if they already support sanctuary. Misinfo has maligned this timely, effective, & legal tactic.
arcmag.org/let-us-now-p...
Please share w/comm leaders even if they already support sanctuary. Misinfo has maligned this timely, effective, & legal tactic.
arcmag.org/let-us-now-p...
Let Us Now Praise Sanctuary Cities | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
During a campaign rally in mid-October in Coachella, Cal., Donald Trump asked a throng of supporters if they know what a "sanctuary city" is. “That’s a place where you keep criminals, right? Who the h...
arcmag.org
February 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sanctuary cities throw a wrench in Trump’s mass deportation plan. Here Sergio & I explain why they’re more important now than ever.
Please share w/comm leaders even if they already support sanctuary. Misinfo has maligned this timely, effective, & legal tactic.
arcmag.org/let-us-now-p...
Please share w/comm leaders even if they already support sanctuary. Misinfo has maligned this timely, effective, & legal tactic.
arcmag.org/let-us-now-p...
X no longer marks the spot. I’ve taken flight to Bluer Skies 🦅
February 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
X no longer marks the spot. I’ve taken flight to Bluer Skies 🦅