Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR)
@sssreligion.bsky.social
The SSSR is an interdisciplinary academic association that promotes & communicates social scientific research about religious institutions and experiences. Founded in 1949. sssreligion.org Flagship publication: JSSR @jssreligion.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Professor David T. Buckley winner of the Distinguished Book Award ➡️ Honorable Mention for 'Blessing America First: Religion, Populism, and Foreign Policy in the Trump Administration,' published by @columbiaup.bsky.social
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Should have tagged the author himself @landonschnabel.bsky.social
I teach his paper every year. It is 1) helpful for helping students understand contemporary politics (or...any era's politics, really), and 2) a reminder that old theory isn't inherently bad theory.
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I teach his paper every year. It is 1) helpful for helping students understand contemporary politics (or...any era's politics, really), and 2) a reminder that old theory isn't inherently bad theory.
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Opiate of the Masses? Inequality, Religion, and Political Ideology in the United States
Abstract. This study considers the assertion that religion is the opiate of the masses. Using a special module of the General Social Survey, I first demons
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November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Should have tagged the author himself @landonschnabel.bsky.social
I teach his paper every year. It is 1) helpful for helping students understand contemporary politics (or...any era's politics, really), and 2) a reminder that old theory isn't inherently bad theory.
academic.oup.com/sf/article-a...
I teach his paper every year. It is 1) helpful for helping students understand contemporary politics (or...any era's politics, really), and 2) a reminder that old theory isn't inherently bad theory.
academic.oup.com/sf/article-a...
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Prepping for @stjeromesuni.bsky.social next week on a topic that should interest all church leaders & parents who care about passing religion on to the next generation. Exploring among Catholics w/application across Christian traditions. Register & join in person/online! uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/e...
Joel Thiessen | Planting Seeds: The Catholic Parish in the Religious Transmission Ecosystem | St. Jerome's University | University of Waterloo
Information on St. Jerome's University Lecture's in Catholic Experience event.
uwaterloo.ca
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Prepping for @stjeromesuni.bsky.social next week on a topic that should interest all church leaders & parents who care about passing religion on to the next generation. Exploring among Catholics w/application across Christian traditions. Register & join in person/online! uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/e...
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Always nice to get some love from the institution. Congrats to my stellar colleague Meredith Worthen on her accomplishments as well!
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Two OU Researchers Ranked Among World’s Top Sociology Scholars
Two University of Oklahoma faculty in the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences have been ranked by analytics site ScholarGPS as among the world’s most productive and impactful sociologists over t...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Always nice to get some love from the institution. Congrats to my stellar colleague Meredith Worthen on her accomplishments as well!
www.ou.edu/news/article...
www.ou.edu/news/article...
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A BEST BOOK OF 2025
"Brimming with constructive criticism couched in a sympathetic depiction of its subject, this book is a showcase in producing outstanding and compelling biography that represents wider narratives and trends in history."
🎉🎉 Very happy to celebrate our new biography 🎉🎉
"Brimming with constructive criticism couched in a sympathetic depiction of its subject, this book is a showcase in producing outstanding and compelling biography that represents wider narratives and trends in history."
🎉🎉 Very happy to celebrate our new biography 🎉🎉
The Church Must Grow or Perish is Named a Best Book of 2025 by The Anxious Bench
Historian Joey Cochran writes, "Mulder and Marti’s The Church Must Grow or Perish, a biography of Robert Schuller, is a must-read showcase on the artform of producing stellar religious biography"
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November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A BEST BOOK OF 2025
"Brimming with constructive criticism couched in a sympathetic depiction of its subject, this book is a showcase in producing outstanding and compelling biography that represents wider narratives and trends in history."
🎉🎉 Very happy to celebrate our new biography 🎉🎉
"Brimming with constructive criticism couched in a sympathetic depiction of its subject, this book is a showcase in producing outstanding and compelling biography that represents wider narratives and trends in history."
🎉🎉 Very happy to celebrate our new biography 🎉🎉
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Distinguished Book Award - Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
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November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Start getting ready for the ASA 2026 Annual Meeting, and learn more about our host city, New York! Preview the city’s living sociology in this piece by Van C. Tran @vanctran.bsky.social and Philip Kasinitz @cunygcsociology.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/3WLn48k
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Start getting ready for the ASA 2026 Annual Meeting, and learn more about our host city, New York! Preview the city’s living sociology in this piece by Van C. Tran @vanctran.bsky.social and Philip Kasinitz @cunygcsociology.bsky.social. https://bit.ly/3WLn48k
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✨We’re heading into a full weekend at #AARSBL25. Come find the @boniukinstitute.bsky.social team for convo on religion & public life, pluralism, freedom & hustle culture, and faith at work!
BI's full schedule ▶️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
BI's full schedule ▶️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#aarsbl25 | Boniuk Institute
✨ The Boniuk Institute team is in Boston for an exciting few days at #AARSBL25! Join us for conversations about religion in public life, pluralism & conflict, freedom and hustle culture, and religion ...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
✨We’re heading into a full weekend at #AARSBL25. Come find the @boniukinstitute.bsky.social team for convo on religion & public life, pluralism, freedom & hustle culture, and faith at work!
BI's full schedule ▶️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
BI's full schedule ▶️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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AAR President Leela Prasad's theme for the 2025 Annual Meeting is "Freedom." Don't miss her presidential address or plenaries coming up over the next few days at #AARSBL25. Find them by searching session codes or keywords in the mobile app or desktop planner: eppro02.ativ.me/web/planner....
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
AAR President Leela Prasad's theme for the 2025 Annual Meeting is "Freedom." Don't miss her presidential address or plenaries coming up over the next few days at #AARSBL25. Find them by searching session codes or keywords in the mobile app or desktop planner: eppro02.ativ.me/web/planner....
Congratulations to Professor David T. Buckley winner of the Distinguished Book Award ➡️ Honorable Mention for 'Blessing America First: Religion, Populism, and Foreign Policy in the Trump Administration,' published by @columbiaup.bsky.social
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Congratulations to Professor David T. Buckley winner of the Distinguished Book Award ➡️ Honorable Mention for 'Blessing America First: Religion, Populism, and Foreign Policy in the Trump Administration,' published by @columbiaup.bsky.social
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
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Accolades for ASA member Samuel L. Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social @ou.edu, recipient of the @sssreligion.bsky.social 2025 Distinguished Book Award for "Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion" @academic.oup.com.
Congratulations to Professor Samuel L. Perry, winner of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Book Award for 'Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion,' published by Oxford University Press.
@oupacademic.bsky.social @uofoklahoma.bsky.social
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@oupacademic.bsky.social @uofoklahoma.bsky.social
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November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Accolades for ASA member Samuel L. Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social @ou.edu, recipient of the @sssreligion.bsky.social 2025 Distinguished Book Award for "Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion" @academic.oup.com.
Congratulations to Professor Samuel L. Perry, winner of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Book Award for 'Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion,' published by Oxford University Press.
@oupacademic.bsky.social @uofoklahoma.bsky.social
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
@oupacademic.bsky.social @uofoklahoma.bsky.social
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November 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Congratulations to Professor Samuel L. Perry, winner of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Book Award for 'Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion,' published by Oxford University Press.
@oupacademic.bsky.social @uofoklahoma.bsky.social
sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
@oupacademic.bsky.social @uofoklahoma.bsky.social
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The Canadian Society for the Study of Religion (CSSR) invites proposals for their 2026 Annual Meeting, to be held at St. John’s College, University of Manitoba, from Saturday, May 30 to Monday, June 1, 2026 with an online component on Friday, June 12, 2026. cssrscer.ca/annual-meeti...
2026 Annual Meeting - CSSRSCER
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November 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Canadian Society for the Study of Religion (CSSR) invites proposals for their 2026 Annual Meeting, to be held at St. John’s College, University of Manitoba, from Saturday, May 30 to Monday, June 1, 2026 with an online component on Friday, June 12, 2026. cssrscer.ca/annual-meeti...
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Back Pages is back again with your biweekly Thursday installment: Winnifred Fallers Sullivan on her book, The Impossibility of Religious Freedom (2005). Read further here: www.american-religion.org/back-pages/c...
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Winnifred Fallers Sullivan on The Impossibility of Religious Freedom (2005)
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November 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Back Pages is back again with your biweekly Thursday installment: Winnifred Fallers Sullivan on her book, The Impossibility of Religious Freedom (2005). Read further here: www.american-religion.org/back-pages/c...
Congratulations to @ienesatac.bsky.social & Gary J. Adler Jr, winners of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Article Award for ‘Religious rebound, political backlash, and the youngest cohort: understanding religious change in Turkey,’ published in @sfjournal.bsky.social sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Congratulations to @ienesatac.bsky.social & Gary J. Adler Jr, winners of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Article Award for ‘Religious rebound, political backlash, and the youngest cohort: understanding religious change in Turkey,’ published in @sfjournal.bsky.social sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
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We're excited to announce the publication of Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion (co-edited by Lori Beaman, Ryan Cragun, and Douglas Ezzy), the first in our open-access book series with De Gruyter.
Read here for free: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Read here for free: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We're excited to announce the publication of Unearthing Lifestances: What Community Gardens Tell Us About Nonreligion (co-edited by Lori Beaman, Ryan Cragun, and Douglas Ezzy), the first in our open-access book series with De Gruyter.
Read here for free: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Read here for free: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Kansas City church goes beyond merely welcoming young, liberal, diverse worshipers, Andrews said.
The church strives to make their congregants’ experiences, including acknowledgment of harms the church may have caused in the past, central to its services.
The church strives to make their congregants’ experiences, including acknowledgment of harms the church may have caused in the past, central to its services.
This church in America’s heartland is reaching young LGBTQ+ people
With much of institutional religion wobbling, this Kansas City church prioritizes LGBTQ+ people once shunned by the United Methodist Church.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Kansas City church goes beyond merely welcoming young, liberal, diverse worshipers, Andrews said.
The church strives to make their congregants’ experiences, including acknowledgment of harms the church may have caused in the past, central to its services.
The church strives to make their congregants’ experiences, including acknowledgment of harms the church may have caused in the past, central to its services.
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The percentage of Americans who say religion is an important part of their lives declined from 66% in 2015 to 49% in 2025. Among the fastest declines in the world.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The percentage of Americans who say religion is an important part of their lives declined from 66% in 2015 to 49% in 2025. Among the fastest declines in the world.
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#researchJOB: The folks at the Sacred Design Lab are looking for a parttime person to expand their sources - both people and publications - that address the relational, practical, and spiritual challenges of #SpiritualInnovation. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Research Assistant Job Description - Fall 2025
Research Assistant Project Background Supported by grants from the Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) and the Fetzer Institute, Sacred Design Lab will continue to support the field of spiritu...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#researchJOB: The folks at the Sacred Design Lab are looking for a parttime person to expand their sources - both people and publications - that address the relational, practical, and spiritual challenges of #SpiritualInnovation. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Excited to participate in this Zoom event about WHAT SECULAR PEOPLE BELIEVE and why it matters more than ever. Hosted by @thesecularvote.bsky.social, in conversation with @juhemnr.me, Sarah Levin, and Shakir Stephen. bit.ly/secularvoter...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: What do Secular Voters Believe In?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
It's a harmful myth that nonreligious people don't believe in anything. Researchers have shown that secular Americans have distinct beliefs about science and how to know the world, as well as what hap...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Excited to participate in this Zoom event about WHAT SECULAR PEOPLE BELIEVE and why it matters more than ever. Hosted by @thesecularvote.bsky.social, in conversation with @juhemnr.me, Sarah Levin, and Shakir Stephen. bit.ly/secularvoter...
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Laurah E. Klepinger offers a nice overview and review of Paul Bramadat's Yogalands: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/....
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Laurah E. Klepinger offers a nice overview and review of Paul Bramadat's Yogalands: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/....
Job alert 📣 Department of Religious Studies - tenure track appointment, rank of Assistant Professor at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Application period opens November 12 and will continue until the position is filled. recruiting.ultipro.ca/GOV5000GOVE/...
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Job alert 📣 Department of Religious Studies - tenure track appointment, rank of Assistant Professor at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Application period opens November 12 and will continue until the position is filled. recruiting.ultipro.ca/GOV5000GOVE/...
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We met up with @sssreligion.bsky.social recently in Minneapolis, Minnesota to ask "What Are You Working On?" Meet emerging scholars and familiar faces working on all things religious scholarship!
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We met up with @sssreligion.bsky.social recently in Minneapolis, Minnesota to ask "What Are You Working On?" Meet emerging scholars and familiar faces working on all things religious scholarship!
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I'm looking forward to returning to my alma mater, @uwaterloo.ca, to deliver the Lectures in Catholic Experience @stjeromesuni.bsky.social on Nov.27 on religious transmission. If you're in the area, please join! Or you can register to join the livestream. uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/e...
Joel Thiessen | Planting Seeds: The Catholic Parish in the Religious Transmission Ecosystem | St. Jerome's University | University of Waterloo
Information on St. Jerome's University Lecture's in Catholic Experience event.
uwaterloo.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I'm looking forward to returning to my alma mater, @uwaterloo.ca, to deliver the Lectures in Catholic Experience @stjeromesuni.bsky.social on Nov.27 on religious transmission. If you're in the area, please join! Or you can register to join the livestream. uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/e...
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This is still time to register for our latest Meet the Author webinar featuring Ben Laws. In this webinar, Dr. Laws will present his new book, Asylum and Nonreligion: Emotions, Evidence-making and Credibility (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
Nov. 12, 11am ET
Register: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Nov. 12, 11am ET
Register: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is still time to register for our latest Meet the Author webinar featuring Ben Laws. In this webinar, Dr. Laws will present his new book, Asylum and Nonreligion: Emotions, Evidence-making and Credibility (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
Nov. 12, 11am ET
Register: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Nov. 12, 11am ET
Register: uottawa-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Xenophobia, #Islamophobia ➡️Drawing on theories of differentiated threat & religious dominance, new @jssreligion.bsky.social article examines how U.S.religious groups perceive #Muslims & #immigrants. Muslims evoke ideational threats; immigrants, material ones. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Differentiated Threat and Religious Dominance: The Distinct Dynamics of Xenophobia and Islamophobia in the United States
Drawing on theories of differentiated threat and religious dominance, this article examines the dynamics of xenophobia and Islamophobia in the United States. Specifically, we analyze the distinct thr...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
#Xenophobia, #Islamophobia ➡️Drawing on theories of differentiated threat & religious dominance, new @jssreligion.bsky.social article examines how U.S.religious groups perceive #Muslims & #immigrants. Muslims evoke ideational threats; immigrants, material ones. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...