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Ruth Braunstein
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Sociologist. Religion, culture, politics | Director Meanings of Democracy Lab | 📚 MY TAX DOLLARS, PROPHETS & PATRIOTS, RELIGION & PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISM | 🎧 WHEN THE WOLVES CAME
Excited to see this review of My Tax Dollars in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, alongside a discussion of Andrea Louise Campbell’s excellent new book Taxation and Resentment. Check it out! @princetonupress.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Cue Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton's Cabinet Battle #1: “Imagine what gon happen when you try to tax our whiskey”

I can’t avoid the “revenoor” even on a favorite hike in my home state of Georgia! #mytaxdollars
July 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Some exciting personal news... 📣
May 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
How do we learn to live with people we differ from and disagree with?

In the finale of my new documentary podcast, *When the Wolves Came: Evangelicals Against Extremism,* one pastor's “misfit church” offers a model.

Listen to all six episodes of WTWC today! whenthewolvescame.org
April 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
New research from me and @profsamperry.bsky.social in @sfjournal.bsky.social finds the more Americans affirm Christian nationalist views the more likely they are to oppose taxation across a range of measures, with findings consistent across multiple datasets. Why might this be?
April 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
As we all reflect, 5 years later, on how COVID impacted our lives, we should recall how lockdowns were deployed to radicalize many US evangelicals. In Episode 3 of WHEN THE WOLVES CAME, out now, we tell the story of how COVID (and then BLM) divided one Phoenix church. Listen at whenthewolvescame.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I made a reel celebrating the fact that I made a book! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... @princetonupress.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
At Substack this week, I write about a disturbing Tucker Carlson speech that explains a lot about Trump’s current governing style. About Ep 2 of When the Wolves Came (Keep listening!) About a campaign to give up Target for Lent. And more.
March 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Some BIG news: the trailer for my new doc podcast is out today! WHEN THE WOLVES CAME is about how Christian nationalism has divided white evangelical churches, and how one Phoenix pastor & some unlikely allies are at the forefront of a growing resistance. More at open.substack.com/pub/ruthbrau...
February 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
📢 Calling all religion scholars! 📢Please consider this my personal invitation to submit a paper or organize a session at the upcoming @sssreligion.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Minneapolis this October! Reach out to me or @evanstewart.bsky.social with questions or ideas!
February 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
That's a wrap on page proofs for My Tax Dollars! It is now in the capable hands of @princetonupress.bsky.social, and will be out on TAX DAY (well played, PUP 😉) Register here for a note when its available for pre-order: lnkd.in/eSa-qUKc. And let me know if you'd like me to come talk about the book!
November 22, 2024 at 5:00 PM