How did the Gaza fighting end? My comments based on studies of similar cases. Intervention from the outside by armies or mediators are seldom the sole cause, however. juergensmeyer.org/how-the-gaza...

Putin Made a Fool Out of Trump--Now What? My blog post today saying despite Trump's hopes, Putin simply said that Ukraine is a part of Russia. End of story. Now that Trump has been made a fool, will he change tactics and try to strengthen Ukraine?
juergensmeyer.org/putin-made-a...

Chief of War-- the amazing new movie by Jason Momoa giving a Hawaiian perspective on King Kamehameha and the unification of the islands. This preview is by my friend and colleague, Kainoa Horcajo in his webblog transmitting native Hawaiian values.
preview.mailerlite.io/.../1079372/...

Fox Snooze - I've been reading the Fox News website so you don't have to. What I've found is...nothing. An incredible absence of news. See the report on my blog post-
juergensmeyer.org/fox-snooze/

No Kings Rally in Maui- over 5000 lined the main street between Kahului and Wailuku, paradoxically in front of a malll named in honor of a Queen, Kaahumanu.

What's after the Ayatollah-- if the US or Israel knocked him out? My speculation today on my webblog-https://juergensmeyer.org/after-the-ayatollah/

Attack on Area Studies -- Among the horrible things in Trump's budget bill is ending federal funding for area studies programs and fellowships-- the very things that enabled my grad school and launched my academic career. This is personal, as I recount in this post. juergensmeyer.org/attack-on-ar...

It's out! The updated new edition of God at War with an arresting red cover. Great summer reading for $20 at Oxford University Press - or get the audio version and lie in the sun. You can read the new preface on my webblog site- www.juergensmeyer.org

Terrorism Comes Home -- my comments on this weekend's Palm Springs bombing and how it fits the pattern of terrorist acts, posted today on my webblog. juergensmeyer.org/terrorism-co...

My comments on the new Cold War between democracy and autocracy posted today on my webblog. juergensmeyer.org/new-cold-war/

Big rally in Palm Springs today with Rep Robert Garcia of Long Beach as the crowd-pleasing speaker. I got nice comments both for my sign and my t-shirt!

Just got back to California in time for the big Hands Off protest in Palm Springs, where 2-3000 people gathered against the Musk firings and the Trump tariffs. My sign has a biblical theme in recognition that a group from our community church was in the crowd.

"The Fall of the US Institute of Peace"-- my reflections on the Trump and DOGE destruction of an important agency, one that provided the first funding for my decades long research into religious violence, nationalism and terrorism around the world.
juergensmeyer.org/fall-of-the-...

Bishop Budde has graciously agreed to inaugurate the lecture series honoring the great sociologist of religion, Robt Bellah. As co-convenor of the Bellah Legacy Group it has been a pleasure working with her. To register to attend or watch it live stream, sign up on Everbrite: bit.ly/3Dqnjjk

My latest book -- Why God Needs War and War Needs God, an update on my earlier book, God at War, can now be pre-ordered from Oxford University Press, and is ridiculously cheap! global.oup.com/academic/pro...