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

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

Some exciting personal news... 📣

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

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?

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

I made a reel celebrating the fact that I made a book! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... @princetonupress.bsky.social

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.

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...

📢 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!

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!