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Nancy Ammerman

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Sociologist of Religion; retired (sort of); gardener

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Nancy Tatom Ammerman is an American professor of sociology of religion at Boston University School of Theology.

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 3d

The Social Security Administration aims to cut visits to field offices by nearly 15 million annually.

This is making it harder for Americans to access in-person services—and their benefits.

This is not "modernizing" Social Security.

Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social · 3d

Oh my - Lilly really does have more money than they know what to do with. And why is it that everything associated with AI has some astronomical price tag?

Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 3d

$50M to Notre Dame for . . . “faith-based” approaches to AI news.nd.edu/news/notre-d...

Notre Dame receives $50 million grant from Lilly Endowment for the DELTA Network, a faith-based approach to AI ethics

The University of Notre Dame has been awarded a $50.8 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support the DELTA Network: Faith-Based Ethical Formatio...

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 3d

$50M to Notre Dame for . . . “faith-based” approaches to AI news.nd.edu/news/notre-d...

Notre Dame receives $50 million grant from Lilly Endowment for the DELTA Network, a faith-based approach to AI ethics

The University of Notre Dame has been awarded a $50.8 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support the DELTA Network: Faith-Based Ethical Formatio...

news.nd.edu

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Brian Kaylor @briankaylor.bsky.social · 6d

Department of Homeland Security continues its war on Christmas by suggesting the season is about deporting immigrants. In a new frenetic video, they make it seem like Christmas celebrations are for mass deportations. Christians should be offended, especially by inclusion of Nativity scene!

Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social · 6d

Yep. Us too, but there was also a bit of hoarding. When my mother in law died almost two decades ago we inherited her Christmas stuff. If we live long enough we might finish off all the ribbon and bows

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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · 7d

Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin
Call for applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Sociology, commencing on 3 August 2026.
Application deadline: 26 January 2026
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPW155/a...

Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

An academic position as a Assistant Professor in Sociology is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

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Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social · 7d

I find the current Federal govt quest for all our personal data terrifying. It's just one small thing, but why do they need a photo of me and of my drivers license as the price of access to my own Social Security account??

Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social · 7d

Prepping a spring class that will include research on congregations--any kind? May I suggest a great resource -- studyingcongregations.org

Home

studyingcongregations.org

Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social · 10d

Add seminary prof’s wife Lindsey James in Iowa

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11d

Very much reads like they are significantly reducing the influence of peer review on scientific funding, which under the current regime opens the way for more politicized funding instead.

HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 11d

NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)

NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists

Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities

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Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro, Michael A. Clemens, Mary Feeney , and 4 more Jesse M. Shapiro, Michael A. Clemens, Mary Feeney, Smith, Nancy T. Ammerman, Alan Richardson, Julie Novkov

HL Eisthen, defective human product @hleisthen.bsky.social · 11d

NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists

Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities

www.science.org

Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social · 12d

What a travesty! Worship of commercialism and pagan myth masquerading as a church.

herenowandthere.bsky.social @herenowandthere.bsky.social · 12d

Found a church that the gates of hell prevailed against

Chron.com @chron.com · 19d

🎄 Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano is known for their extravagant and next level Christmas productions.

And they're ready to do it again.

🎥 @angiepie21 via TikTok

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herenowandthere.bsky.social @herenowandthere.bsky.social · 12d

Found a church that the gates of hell prevailed against

Chron.com @chron.com · 19d

🎄 Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano is known for their extravagant and next level Christmas productions.

And they're ready to do it again.

🎥 @angiepie21 via TikTok

Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social · 13d

This is a GREAT film

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13d

What a great piece! This just gets better and better as you read.

prospect.org/2025/12/11/s...

The Hit Hollywood Didn’t Want - The American Prospect

Ryan Coogler’s bloodsucker blockbuster is all about Black creative freedom. No wonder the industry saw it as a threat.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13d

What a great piece! This just gets better and better as you read.

prospect.org/2025/12/11/s...

The Hit Hollywood Didn’t Want - The American Prospect

Ryan Coogler’s bloodsucker blockbuster is all about Black creative freedom. No wonder the industry saw it as a threat.

prospect.org

Reposted by Nancy T. Ammerman, Michael W. Kraus, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 13d

@hebagowayed.bsky.social on Trump’s rhetoric and policy of ethnic cleansing.

The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed

Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveals his vision for the US as a white Christian nation

www.theguardian.com

Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social · 14d

And, of course, they should note in the headline that this is ludicrous since he has no such power.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15d

President Trump said that he pardoned Tina Peters, a former county clerk in Colorado who was convicted on felony charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Trump asserts he has pardoned county clerk convicted in Colorado case

Trump says he has pardoned Tina Peters, a major cause for MAGA supporters. She was convicted in state court, and it’s unclear if his act has any impact.

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Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social · 14d

I don’t like @RepJeffries celebrating #Cuellar’s pardon any more than Trump’s issuing it to try to get a corrupt politician to change parties.

Holiday Ryan @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 14d

There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15d

President Trump said that he pardoned Tina Peters, a former county clerk in Colorado who was convicted on felony charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Trump asserts he has pardoned county clerk convicted in Colorado case

Trump says he has pardoned Tina Peters, a major cause for MAGA supporters. She was convicted in state court, and it’s unclear if his act has any impact.

wapo.st

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 15d

I also write about this study here:

andrewwhitehead.substack.com/p/christian-...

Christian Nationalism and Ableism in the United States

When disability is treated as an individual problem instead of a shared responsibility, communities lose the support systems that help people thrive.

andrewwhitehead.substack.com

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Tim Longman 🏳️‍🌈 @timlongman.bsky.social · 16d

The Pardee School is seeking a junior scholar in Latin American studies. Open to any discipline, countries of specialization, and research topics. Deadline Jan 12.

Boston University, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies

Job #AJO31333, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Specializing in Latin America, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, US

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Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social · 17d

A friend from the UK just visited and reported exactly this. To renew her travel documents she had to report all her social media accounts. We were horrified.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 17d

This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!

Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization.

In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children.

Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.

Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Joanna Bryson, David Lazer , and 34 more Michael E. Mann, Joanna Bryson, David Lazer, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Euan G. Ritchie, John R. Hutchinson, Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Jonathan Wolff, Stefanie Walter, Leigh Sparks, Martin Tomko, Nancy T. Ammerman, David R. Miller, Holger Hestermeyer, Scott A. Imberman, James Goodwin, Seán Hanley, Dana R. Fisher, Anders Sundnes Løvlie, Nora V. Demleitner, David Murakami Wood, Ann Bartow, Kai Gehring, Andrew Rudalevige, Richard M. Carpiano, Steven A. Bank, Simon Lester, Tim Stephens, Ben Kaden, Daxton R. Stewart, Pádua Fernandes, Gwénola Ricordeau, Michael Gentile, Peter Bergman, David Darmofal

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 17d

This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 17d

ProPublica: Trump’s Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud

ProPublica: Trump's Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud

President Trump has accused his political enemies, including Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, of mortgage fraud for claiming more than one primary residence on her loans.

www.democracynow.org

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 19d

On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”

What is necessarily implied in this declaration of the Democratic Party? 1. That citizenship is not a birth-right, and from this it results that the majority may rightfully, in the several States of this Union, deprive the minority of all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States.
I submit that no greater political atrocity can possibly be committed by human agency.
Let the people accept this proposition and they will become the architects of their own ruin. Nothing can be clearer than this, that under the representative system of government the rights of the minority are as sacred and inviolable as the rights of the majority. If the majority may rightfully disfranchise the minority of citizens on account of race, color or former condition of servitude, they may, with equal propriety, disfranchise citizens for want of stature or property, or on account of nativity, thereby, presenting to teh world the miserable spectacle of a government wherein a mere majority subjects to the absolute despotism of their will a minority of their fellow citizens, almost equal in number to themselves, and per chance, greatly superior in all the attainments and virtues which adorn, or elevate, or ennoble human nature.

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Liane @lianemclarty.bsky.social · 20d

First we mourn. Then we work for change.

Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social · 21d

Good books in the Social Science study of #Religion are out there. Let's make sure they get recognized! The @sssreligion.bsky.social book awards are a great way to do that. Make sure your publisher submits your book, and be sure to tell your friends to do the same.
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Distinguished Book Award - Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

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Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social · 21d

New @jssreligion.bsky.social issue alert: Articles from multiple disciplines, multiple parts of the world and multiple traditions to put a focus on the role of religion in how we live in our bodies and the role of our bodies in how we practice our religion: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685906...