Gerardo Martí
@gerardomarti.bsky.social
William R Kenan Jr Professor of Sociology @ Davidson College | Race, Religion, Power, Social Change | Past Roles: Editor Sociology of Religion Journal, President SSSR & ASR, Chair ASA Religion, AAR Religion & Social Science Unit | cv https://bit.ly/40mps8D
Let the games begin
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Let the games begin
Doonesbury goes back to college
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Doonesbury goes back to college
From PRRI @prri.org
Most Americans oppose stripping US citizens of their citizenship and deporting them if they are determined to be a threat to the country.
However, support is much higher among Republicans, White Evangelicals, strong Christian Nationalists.
MORE 👉 prri.org/research/tru...
Most Americans oppose stripping US citizens of their citizenship and deporting them if they are determined to be a threat to the country.
However, support is much higher among Republicans, White Evangelicals, strong Christian Nationalists.
MORE 👉 prri.org/research/tru...
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
From PRRI @prri.org
Most Americans oppose stripping US citizens of their citizenship and deporting them if they are determined to be a threat to the country.
However, support is much higher among Republicans, White Evangelicals, strong Christian Nationalists.
MORE 👉 prri.org/research/tru...
Most Americans oppose stripping US citizens of their citizenship and deporting them if they are determined to be a threat to the country.
However, support is much higher among Republicans, White Evangelicals, strong Christian Nationalists.
MORE 👉 prri.org/research/tru...
Threat, Replacement, and Deportation: Identifying Who is Most Receptive to Anti-Immigrant Narratives
A PRRI @prri.org survey report from 2023 anticipates the groups across America who support aggressive deportation efforts—and suggests why
👉 open.substack.com/pub/gerardom...
A PRRI @prri.org survey report from 2023 anticipates the groups across America who support aggressive deportation efforts—and suggests why
👉 open.substack.com/pub/gerardom...
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Threat, Replacement, and Deportation: Identifying Who is Most Receptive to Anti-Immigrant Narratives
A PRRI @prri.org survey report from 2023 anticipates the groups across America who support aggressive deportation efforts—and suggests why
👉 open.substack.com/pub/gerardom...
A PRRI @prri.org survey report from 2023 anticipates the groups across America who support aggressive deportation efforts—and suggests why
👉 open.substack.com/pub/gerardom...
“Today it is not the city but the [concentration] camp that is the fundamental biopolitical paradigm of the West.”
— Giorgio Agamben
<quotes in this NYRB review>
— Giorgio Agamben
<quotes in this NYRB review>
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“Today it is not the city but the [concentration] camp that is the fundamental biopolitical paradigm of the West.”
— Giorgio Agamben
<quotes in this NYRB review>
— Giorgio Agamben
<quotes in this NYRB review>
“Indigenous people make up 6 percent of the world's population, but their territory accounts for close to a quarter of the earth's land surface, containing more than a third of remaining natural lands worldwide, often in northern boreal and equatorial forests.”
— Robert Sullivan, NYRB 12/4/25
— Robert Sullivan, NYRB 12/4/25
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“Indigenous people make up 6 percent of the world's population, but their territory accounts for close to a quarter of the earth's land surface, containing more than a third of remaining natural lands worldwide, often in northern boreal and equatorial forests.”
— Robert Sullivan, NYRB 12/4/25
— Robert Sullivan, NYRB 12/4/25
Great to see a new edition of Divided by Faith (Oxford 2025).
I can still remember sitting in my office holding a copy of the original, sent to me as a gift from Michael Emerson.
The book inspired an idea that became my dissertation, which launched my scholarly career. Amazing to now be included!
I can still remember sitting in my office holding a copy of the original, sent to me as a gift from Michael Emerson.
The book inspired an idea that became my dissertation, which launched my scholarly career. Amazing to now be included!
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Great to see a new edition of Divided by Faith (Oxford 2025).
I can still remember sitting in my office holding a copy of the original, sent to me as a gift from Michael Emerson.
The book inspired an idea that became my dissertation, which launched my scholarly career. Amazing to now be included!
I can still remember sitting in my office holding a copy of the original, sent to me as a gift from Michael Emerson.
The book inspired an idea that became my dissertation, which launched my scholarly career. Amazing to now be included!
Published 1965, ambitious and interdisciplinary discussion that attempts a general theory of aesthetics but strives for a more fundamental contribution.
Core claim — While humans demand order in everyday life, they also have a basic need to experience and experiment with chaos.
Core claim — While humans demand order in everyday life, they also have a basic need to experience and experiment with chaos.
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Published 1965, ambitious and interdisciplinary discussion that attempts a general theory of aesthetics but strives for a more fundamental contribution.
Core claim — While humans demand order in everyday life, they also have a basic need to experience and experiment with chaos.
Core claim — While humans demand order in everyday life, they also have a basic need to experience and experiment with chaos.
Finished — really enjoyed this
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Finished — really enjoyed this
Political Gap Between Pastors & Pews
“Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.”
Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...
“Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.”
Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Political Gap Between Pastors & Pews
“Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.”
Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...
“Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.”
Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...
Our knight greets our family as the joust begins.
November 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Our knight greets our family as the joust begins.
CHARLOTTE Closed 1st time in 28 yrs
“The amount of fear that we have right now is no good,” Betancur told CharlotteFive outside Manolo’s Baker, in the heart of Charlotte’s immigrant community.
“We need to protect our families and family separation.”
👉 www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefiv...
“The amount of fear that we have right now is no good,” Betancur told CharlotteFive outside Manolo’s Baker, in the heart of Charlotte’s immigrant community.
“We need to protect our families and family separation.”
👉 www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefiv...
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
CHARLOTTE Closed 1st time in 28 yrs
“The amount of fear that we have right now is no good,” Betancur told CharlotteFive outside Manolo’s Baker, in the heart of Charlotte’s immigrant community.
“We need to protect our families and family separation.”
👉 www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefiv...
“The amount of fear that we have right now is no good,” Betancur told CharlotteFive outside Manolo’s Baker, in the heart of Charlotte’s immigrant community.
“We need to protect our families and family separation.”
👉 www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefiv...
CHARLOTTE
“Agents parked just outside a closed gate leading to the church parking lot & ran into the yard…
The agents asked no questions and showed no identification before taking one man away, whose wife and child were inside at the time…”
More 👉 www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
“Agents parked just outside a closed gate leading to the church parking lot & ran into the yard…
The agents asked no questions and showed no identification before taking one man away, whose wife and child were inside at the time…”
More 👉 www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
CHARLOTTE
“Agents parked just outside a closed gate leading to the church parking lot & ran into the yard…
The agents asked no questions and showed no identification before taking one man away, whose wife and child were inside at the time…”
More 👉 www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
“Agents parked just outside a closed gate leading to the church parking lot & ran into the yard…
The agents asked no questions and showed no identification before taking one man away, whose wife and child were inside at the time…”
More 👉 www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
The Ebstorf Map — a mappa mundi, a medieval European T and O map of known world thru Christian lens.
Created btwn 1234 and 1240, an impressive 3.5 x 3.5 meters.
Good example of subordinating accuracy (here, geographic accuracy) to a Christian worldview.
MORE 👉 hgss.copernicus.org/articles/5/1...
Created btwn 1234 and 1240, an impressive 3.5 x 3.5 meters.
Good example of subordinating accuracy (here, geographic accuracy) to a Christian worldview.
MORE 👉 hgss.copernicus.org/articles/5/1...
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Ebstorf Map — a mappa mundi, a medieval European T and O map of known world thru Christian lens.
Created btwn 1234 and 1240, an impressive 3.5 x 3.5 meters.
Good example of subordinating accuracy (here, geographic accuracy) to a Christian worldview.
MORE 👉 hgss.copernicus.org/articles/5/1...
Created btwn 1234 and 1240, an impressive 3.5 x 3.5 meters.
Good example of subordinating accuracy (here, geographic accuracy) to a Christian worldview.
MORE 👉 hgss.copernicus.org/articles/5/1...
So fun — Best to see this movie w/o any knowledge beforehand
November 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
So fun — Best to see this movie w/o any knowledge beforehand
Just finished and recommended.
Remarkable telling of Nazi efforts to destroy “Bolsheviks” and the intertwining of the Jewish fate on the Eastern Front.
Bold and vivid reporting, illuminating aspects of WWII I simply did not know.
Remarkable telling of Nazi efforts to destroy “Bolsheviks” and the intertwining of the Jewish fate on the Eastern Front.
Bold and vivid reporting, illuminating aspects of WWII I simply did not know.
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Just finished and recommended.
Remarkable telling of Nazi efforts to destroy “Bolsheviks” and the intertwining of the Jewish fate on the Eastern Front.
Bold and vivid reporting, illuminating aspects of WWII I simply did not know.
Remarkable telling of Nazi efforts to destroy “Bolsheviks” and the intertwining of the Jewish fate on the Eastern Front.
Bold and vivid reporting, illuminating aspects of WWII I simply did not know.
COMING SOON
All critiques of Schuller & others similar to his ethos often describe what even their own churches do: sustain people in familiar worldviews, adopt familiar or idealized roles, & constantly affirm each other that their way is the right way to live.
👉 open.substack.com/pub/gerardom...
All critiques of Schuller & others similar to his ethos often describe what even their own churches do: sustain people in familiar worldviews, adopt familiar or idealized roles, & constantly affirm each other that their way is the right way to live.
👉 open.substack.com/pub/gerardom...
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
COMING SOON
All critiques of Schuller & others similar to his ethos often describe what even their own churches do: sustain people in familiar worldviews, adopt familiar or idealized roles, & constantly affirm each other that their way is the right way to live.
👉 open.substack.com/pub/gerardom...
All critiques of Schuller & others similar to his ethos often describe what even their own churches do: sustain people in familiar worldviews, adopt familiar or idealized roles, & constantly affirm each other that their way is the right way to live.
👉 open.substack.com/pub/gerardom...
Part of my reading today
A charming volume, this chatty biography of Havelock Ellis, based on interviews and archival materials provided to the author by Ellis himself, was published in 1928.
A charming volume, this chatty biography of Havelock Ellis, based on interviews and archival materials provided to the author by Ellis himself, was published in 1928.
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Part of my reading today
A charming volume, this chatty biography of Havelock Ellis, based on interviews and archival materials provided to the author by Ellis himself, was published in 1928.
A charming volume, this chatty biography of Havelock Ellis, based on interviews and archival materials provided to the author by Ellis himself, was published in 1928.
COMING SOON
Insightful new remarks on our new biography
Posting @ 10:30a Eastern 👉 open.substack.com/pub/gerardom...
Insightful new remarks on our new biography
Posting @ 10:30a Eastern 👉 open.substack.com/pub/gerardom...
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
COMING SOON
Insightful new remarks on our new biography
Posting @ 10:30a Eastern 👉 open.substack.com/pub/gerardom...
Insightful new remarks on our new biography
Posting @ 10:30a Eastern 👉 open.substack.com/pub/gerardom...
Democrats hoping to end show with $10k
...then getting that silver briefcase with $.01
...then getting that silver briefcase with $.01
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Democrats hoping to end show with $10k
...then getting that silver briefcase with $.01
...then getting that silver briefcase with $.01
Received my hard copy in the mail today.
doi.org/10.1177/0020...
doi.org/10.1177/0020...
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Received my hard copy in the mail today.
doi.org/10.1177/0020...
doi.org/10.1177/0020...
“They can either persist in a futile attempt to prove their moderation, or they can lose the fear of such name-calling. If radicalism is the label that will be affixed to all resistance to Trump, why not embrace radicalism?
Resistance to despotism is innately respectable…” —Fintan O’Toole
Resistance to despotism is innately respectable…” —Fintan O’Toole
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
“They can either persist in a futile attempt to prove their moderation, or they can lose the fear of such name-calling. If radicalism is the label that will be affixed to all resistance to Trump, why not embrace radicalism?
Resistance to despotism is innately respectable…” —Fintan O’Toole
Resistance to despotism is innately respectable…” —Fintan O’Toole