Andrew Ambrose Mackey
@andrewmackey.com
Doctoral candidate at Creighton University researching Christian Nationalism. Sociolog-ish. Retired politician. Editor of @eksb.org. Views are my own.
Collegeville, MN rules so hard y'all.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Collegeville, MN rules so hard y'all.
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I think I just experienced the most engaging and theoretically impressive presidential address in my career from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social at the annual meeting for the @sssreligion.bsky.social.
Legit masterful. Wish y'all could have experienced it.
Legit masterful. Wish y'all could have experienced it.
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I think I just experienced the most engaging and theoretically impressive presidential address in my career from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social at the annual meeting for the @sssreligion.bsky.social.
Legit masterful. Wish y'all could have experienced it.
Legit masterful. Wish y'all could have experienced it.
Hello! I'm coming up from the dissertation bunker to say that if you will be at SSSR I'll be putting together some fun Bluesky content with @dacuetovilla.bsky.social for the @asareligion.bsky.social account. COME TELL US WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON. We'd love to amplify some voices.
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Hello! I'm coming up from the dissertation bunker to say that if you will be at SSSR I'll be putting together some fun Bluesky content with @dacuetovilla.bsky.social for the @asareligion.bsky.social account. COME TELL US WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON. We'd love to amplify some voices.
If the American church wants to be taken with any seriousness by the Vatican they will not elect Barron to any leadership position. What a joke.
October 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If the American church wants to be taken with any seriousness by the Vatican they will not elect Barron to any leadership position. What a joke.
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UVA's Sociology department is looking to hire a tenured sociologist of religion at the Associate or Full level. Here is the advertisement. @sssreligion.bsky.social @asareligion.bsky.social
Details here: apply.interfolio.com/173879
Details here: apply.interfolio.com/173879
October 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
UVA's Sociology department is looking to hire a tenured sociologist of religion at the Associate or Full level. Here is the advertisement. @sssreligion.bsky.social @asareligion.bsky.social
Details here: apply.interfolio.com/173879
Details here: apply.interfolio.com/173879
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The ASA Religion Section extends our congratulations to @ntammerman.bsky.social on her election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences!!
www.amacad.org/person/nancy...
www.amacad.org/person/nancy...
Nancy T. Ammerman
Nancy T. Ammerman is Professor Emerita of Sociology of Religion at Boston University, having served as Chair of the Department (2007-2013) and Associate Dean for the Social Sciences (2015-2018).Her mo...
www.amacad.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The ASA Religion Section extends our congratulations to @ntammerman.bsky.social on her election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences!!
www.amacad.org/person/nancy...
www.amacad.org/person/nancy...
Many of you know how much @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social’s work shaped my research on spiritual warfare. His book The Violent Take It By Force is essential reading.
The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy
The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy
bookshop.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Many of you know how much @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social’s work shaped my research on spiritual warfare. His book The Violent Take It By Force is essential reading.
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Intercessors for America’s “Propaganda Report” warns believers to spot manipulation—then models it. A civics lesson turns into spiritual warfare, complete with demons, distrust, and a link to partisan media. Read @andrewmackey.com’s newest here:
Faith, Fear, and the Free Gift of Propaganda
Intercessors for America’s “Propaganda Special Report” repackages media literacy as a weapon of spiritual warfare and political distrust.
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Intercessors for America’s “Propaganda Report” warns believers to spot manipulation—then models it. A civics lesson turns into spiritual warfare, complete with demons, distrust, and a link to partisan media. Read @andrewmackey.com’s newest here:
October 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
After a fantastic first month on Substack, Every Knee Shall Bend (eksb.org & @eksb.org) will be moving to weekly articles on Wednesday going forward. Thanks so much for subscribing and reading.
Every Knee Shall Bend | Andrew Ambrose Mackey | Substack
Examining the ideas, leaders, and cultural forces shaping Christian nationalism, and creating space for open, research-driven articles. Click to read Every Knee Shall Bend, a Substack publication.
eksb.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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"The White House has taken an action that is sweeping in its rhetoric yet almost certainly empty of formal legal effect."
Such great work on #antifa by Thomas Brzozowski, shedding light on a critically important (and thorny) question for @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/you-...
Such great work on #antifa by Thomas Brzozowski, shedding light on a critically important (and thorny) question for @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/you-...
October 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"The White House has taken an action that is sweeping in its rhetoric yet almost certainly empty of formal legal effect."
Such great work on #antifa by Thomas Brzozowski, shedding light on a critically important (and thorny) question for @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/you-...
Such great work on #antifa by Thomas Brzozowski, shedding light on a critically important (and thorny) question for @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/you-...
This NY Times article has more about the OOO messaging war being waged.
Federal Agencies Use Official Websites to Blame Democrats for Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This NY Times article has more about the OOO messaging war being waged.
Always impressed by @julthomson.bsky.social’s work (giving all us doctoral candidates a good name!) With Mark Rozell they just published an important piece on the global challenges of protecting religious freedom for Ethos. PDF in English here czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/et...
October 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Always impressed by @julthomson.bsky.social’s work (giving all us doctoral candidates a good name!) With Mark Rozell they just published an important piece on the global challenges of protecting religious freedom for Ethos. PDF in English here czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/et...
This is my 16th time this year at a Midway layover and every time I walk around and then just get a Billy Goat Tavern cheezborger.
October 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is my 16th time this year at a Midway layover and every time I walk around and then just get a Billy Goat Tavern cheezborger.
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“Trad cath” is, weirdly, code for “unfamiliar with Catholicism”
Far-right Catholics freaking out about the Pope doing normal Pope things will always be entertaining.
The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?
The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“Trad cath” is, weirdly, code for “unfamiliar with Catholicism”
Big fan of no context Pope Leo content.
October 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Big fan of no context Pope Leo content.
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Leo continued: "Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion but I'm in favor of the death penalty,' is not really pro-life. Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion, but I'm in favor of the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,' I don't know if that's pro-life."
Wading into Durbin controversy, Pope Leo shows himself attuned to US debates
"Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion, but I'm in favor of the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,' I don't know if that's pro-life." the pontiff said.
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Leo continued: "Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion but I'm in favor of the death penalty,' is not really pro-life. Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion, but I'm in favor of the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,' I don't know if that's pro-life."
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Original footage from Pete Hegseth's speech today
a cartoon character from futurama is waving at the camera
ALT: a cartoon character from futurama is waving at the camera
media.tenor.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Original footage from Pete Hegseth's speech today
To military brass, Trump called cities “training grounds.” In Chicago and Washington, the Church proclaimed “we are not afraid.” Fear vs. hope in the public square. Today in @eksb.org.
The Politics of Fear and the Liturgy of Hope
Trump’s Quantico spectacle contrasts with a People’s Mass in Chicago and Cardinal McElroy’s call for neighbor-love. Fear isolates. Hope gathers.
open.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
To military brass, Trump called cities “training grounds.” In Chicago and Washington, the Church proclaimed “we are not afraid.” Fear vs. hope in the public square. Today in @eksb.org.