Religious revival among young people in Canada? Latest media piece by reputable reporter @jdl56.bsky.social at @winnipegfreepress.com, featuring several scholars who study #religion in #Canada, including yours truly. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
NEW POST
Prompted from this morning’s news from Washington 👇
When church leaders are drawn into this “biblical” vortex, their congregations are often pulled along with them.
@inaashislam.bsky.social examines Muslimah influencers who face constant policing of their modesty, but respond through Islamic feminist reasoning, reframing their aesthetic work as proselytizing. #Islam #Muslimah #Sociology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This next article in 34:3 focuses on how the concept of historical significance has functioned as a barometer for evaluating not only the worth of objects but also the religious communities from which they originate.
Learn more and read the issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@pauldjupe.bsky.social and I have found similar dynamics in our own survey data. The bump in young men's religiosity seems to be related to the embrace by young men of more conservative religious worldviews, not religion broadly speaking. For more, check out: religioninpublic.blog/2025/03/05/t...
What a week of rich data! Yesterday, PRRI released its religious census data, which showed, overall, a pretty stagnant picture of religious identification and disaffiliation. Except, among women under 30. @bmietana.bsky.social did a great job summarizing the survey. religionnews.com/2026/04/15/s...
"This moment tests more than just the Catholic-evangelical alliance..." says @cornelluniversity.bsky.social sociologist @landonschnabel.bsky.social
🗞️ Read more @the-independent.com ⬇️
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Conference booklet on a cream-colored surface titled “Consultation on Collaborative Research for Congregational Life,” dated April 15–17, 2026 in Indianapolis, IN, with logos for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity, Center for Congregations, and Hartford Institute for Religion Research, alongside a blue “faithandleadership.com” lanyard, a blue pen, and a name badge reading “Gerardo Marti, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology, Davidson College.”
Wonderful to be with dozens of church leaders and researchers, gathered by Leadership at Duke Divinity, funded by Lilly Endowment, Inc. — So many friends and colleagues! And good to meet new people.
Looking for inspiration as you create your own religion surveys/questionnaires? As you find questions that are tied to your research interests on the ARDA, you can compile them using the Question Bank feature. Save and export up to 200 questions at a time for your own survey design!
Don't forget to file your taxes early so you can join us on Tax Day for Ruth Braunstein's Doll Lecture on "The Morality of Taxpaying in America"! On campus and online: csr.princeton.edu/events/2026/...
How might new approaches not only change what we know about religion in America, but also how we understand power, inequality, and belonging more broadly?
Another major question that panelists will focus on at the Biennial Conference!
Learn more and register: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/bie...
Very happy that this is now out in the world!
My latest piece for SSRC's The Immanent Frame on Religious and Spiritual Innovation: tif.ssrc.org/2026/04/09/r...
The Gap of Good Intentions: What Two Decades of Fieldwork Taught Me About Race, Power, and the American Church Over twenty years of fieldwork across American congregations keeps me returning to a familiar pattern: the gap between what churches say and what they organizationally do. American Blindspot: Race, Religion, Power GERARDOMARTI.SUBSTACK.COM
Another effort to trace a pattern of thinking visible across a body of scholarship so far:
How institutional life translates moral aspiration into patterned practice & why that translation so often preserves the very inequalities it seeks to overcome.
👉 gerardomarti.substack.com/p/the-gap-of...
A generous bequest from Jack Shand, who was a psychologist and longtime SSSR member, funds grants supporting the social scientific study of religion. Proposals are evaluated on intellectual merit, and past projects span a wide range of topics. Applications due May 1. sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
New JSSR study on faith & belonging under pressure shows the South is severely underserved in LGBT-affirming churches. Nguyễn, Lotspeich-Yadao & Todd mapped their geographic distribution, showing how geography shapes access to religious community. doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
This is very cool! Check out my @us.theconversation.com article in print!
When hard issues hit the news, pastors are sometimes surprised by what their parishioners think -- and what they hope their churches will do. Art Farnsley writes about what he's learned from talking to pastors at studyingcongregations.org/pastors-and-...
How do local government officials' religious affiliations, behaviors, and beliefs shape their attitudes toward transgender rights policies?
My colleagues and I address this question in a new Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion article: doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
Are Christian protest events more or less violent? It depends.
In this new study, Joel Day finds Christian participation in right-leaning protest events associated with greater violence; but Christian participation in left-leaning events is "overwhelmingly peaceful."
doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
Last Thursday, I spent an hour on #CBC, talking about #religious #holidays and #religion in #Canada. Listen to the hour-long call in show below. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
@brynmawrcollege.bsky.social invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellow/scholar with expertise in contemporary American religion, based in Oklahoma City.The Fellow will partner w/ President Wendy Cadge & research collaborators nationally. brynmawr.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
@brynmawrcollege.bsky.social invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellow or scholar with expertise in contemporary American religion, based in Boston.The Fellow will partner with President Wendy Cadge & research collaborators nationally. brynmawr.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
"I have to trust God to protect my babies." New JSSR research shows how Black mothers use faith as a form of agency against anti-Black racism. When #racism removes other forms of control over their children's safety, religious coping restores empowerment. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
No group has moved leftward faster politically in the past 20 years than U.S. Latter-day Saints. They're still solidly Republican but less so. A few theories on why, and whether the trend will continue.
A generous bequest from Jack Shand, who was a psychologist and longtime SSSR member, funds grants supporting the social scientific study of religion. Proposals are evaluated on intellectual merit, and past projects span a wide range of topics. Applications due May 1. sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
I really enjoyed this conversation with @joshcowenmi.bsky.social, a scholar I’ve enjoyed learning from over the years.
School vouchers and public education will continue to be a focus for those who embrace Christian nationalism and want to achieve their specific vision of the United States.
Fascinating 👇
Black Protestants & white Latter-day Saints infiltrated networks’ programming lineups, producing sounds that challenged & reinforced assumed whiteness of network radio and the nation, forming racial and religious identities, including the emerging category of “American religion.”
I throughly enjoyed my hour-long conversation with Sue Deyell and other callers/listeners at CBC today, talking about #Easter, #religious #holidays, and many other things related to #religion in #Canada. Stay tuned for the recording!