Congratulations to Ilana M. Horwitz who has been award the Early Career Award. This award recognizes an early-career scholar who has made an outstanding contribution to the sociological study of religion.

Jaeeun Kim of the University of Michigan has been awarded the Distinguished Article Award for article "Getting saved from illegality and unbelief? Religious asylum, migration dreams, and Christian conversion." Migration Studies 13.3 (2025)

After reviewing the 18 submissions, the Distinguished Book Award committee converged was pleased to name Prof. Ryan Calder's The Paradox of Islamic Finance: How Shariah Scholars Reconcile Religion and Capitalism (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2024) as this year's winner.

Read the latest from our Section Chair @jlkucinskas.bsky.social in @immanentframe.bsky.social

🚨May 1 is just around the corner! There are still opportunities for nominations and grants available. Don’t miss out! 🚨

ASA Sociology of Religion Section@asareligion.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 ASA Section Award nominations close on May 1, and there are Grant Opportunities available at the links below. www.asanet.org/communities-... www.asanet.org/communities-...

🚨TOMORROW ON ZOOM🚨 If most of the world is religious, what do you miss without that factor in your research? Learn how to include it with our panel of experts on integrating Religion& other areas of sociology. Join us on April 24 at 2:30pm EST. Register at tinyurl.com/religionand

🚨 ASA Section Award nominations close on May 1, and there are Grant Opportunities available at the links below. www.asanet.org/communities-... www.asanet.org/communities-...

If most of the world is religious, what do you miss without that factor in your research? Learn how to include it with our panel of experts on integrating Religion& other areas of sociology. Join us on April 24 at 2:30pm EST. Register at tinyurl.com/religionand

#Religion has wide-ranging effects on society, providing motivation/membership for social movements, shaping public discourse & fostering debate. Join us to explore these topics & more at the #SSSR_RRA2026 Annual Meeting in Denver. 🗓️ Submissions due March 31. sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR)@sssreligion.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🗓️ Mark your calendars for the #SSSR_RRA2026 Annual Meeting, happening in Denver, Colorado from October 30-November 1. ➡️ This year's theme is 'Rethinking Religion for the 21st Century' and the Call for Papers opens on February 1, 2026. Join us this fall in Denver. sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...

New in New York Times Opinion from @ryanburge.bsky.social on the “God Gap” in politics as a symptom of a deeper problem. wapo.st/3MRV15S

Opinion | The ‘God Gap’ in politics is a symptom of a deeper problem

The decline of mainline churches has left us more polarized.

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Applications are now open for the 2026-2028 Young Scholars in American Religion cohort. Applications are due April 1, 2026. Learn more about YSAR and apply to be apart of the next cohort: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/young-schola...

Korie Little and @ntammerman.bsky.social edited a special issue of JSSR on Religion and Bodies that explores diverse religious spaces and experiences, from Jewish, Sikh, Pentecostal, Black Church, and Eastern Orthodox communities to everyday lived religion. Read more about it at the link below!

Zeynep Ozgen’s Pious Politics: Cultural Foundations of the Islamist Movement in Turkey (2025) examines the cultural foundations of Islamist mobilization in modern Turkey. ASA Religion Section members can receive 20% off with code OZGEN25 through 31 October 2026.

Pious Politics - Pious Politics

Pious Politics - October 2025

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This week @ryanburge.bsky.social joined @nytopinion.nytimes.com Interesting Times podcast with Ross Douthat to discuss “America’s Very Weird Religious Future.”

Opinion | America’s Very Weird Religious Future

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New book: The Limits of Diversity (@nyupress.bsky.social) by @estherdchan.bsky.social Comparing secular and evangelical college campuses, the book shows how diversity and inclusion frameworks can reproduce inequality across multiple lines of social difference. nyupress.org/978147983474...

The Limits of Diversity

Shows that universities' diversity efforts may inadvertently reproduce inequalityAcross universities and colleges, diversity is a purported value, often acco...

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New research in Critical Asian Studies (2025): “I Have a Right to a Better Imam’: Divorce, Islam, and Changing Marriage Ideals in Indonesia” by Rachel Rinaldo & Tracy Fehr doi.org/10.1080/1467...

“I Have a Right to A Better Imam”: Divorce, Islam, and Changing Marriage Ideals in Indonesia

Marriage and family in the Global South have undergone noteworthy changes in recent years, with more young people seeking to choose their own marital partners, higher expectations for intimacy and ...

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New article: “Debating Divinity Through AI” by Andrew Mackey (@andrewmackey.com) & Ghanem Elhersh in Oxford Intersections: Social Media in Society and Culture (@academic.oup.com) analyzed over 8k comments to a AI simulated Christian–Muslim debate on YouTube. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

New in @universitypress.cambridge.org Cambridge Core - History of Religion from Stef Aupers, Dick Houtman, and Galen Watts on New Religious Movements and the Romantic Spirit of Modernity. Free online access to this article is available through December 31, 2025.

New Religious Movements and the Romantic Spirit of Modernity

Cambridge Core - History of Religion - New Religious Movements and the Romantic Spirit of Modernity

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Section Chair @jlkucinskas.bsky.social joined a panel in the Netherlands on administrative ethics. The session examined the moral responsibility of civil servants in liberal democracies, 40 years after Dennis Thompson’s landmark PAR article. Organized by The Netherlands Institute of Governance.

We met up with @sssreligion.bsky.social recently in Minneapolis, Minnesota to ask "What Are You Working On?" Meet emerging scholars and familiar faces working on all things religious scholarship!

NEW Racial views of evangelicals supportive of Christian nationalism—about 40-50% of evangelicals—at odds with those skeptical of uniting God & country. Educational level strongly influences if evangelical views on racial inequality are shaped by Christian nationalism as well as reactions to Trump.

The Gathering Storm in the Evangelical Field: Education, Christian Nationalism, and Racial Inequality

Abstract. What generates divides within American evangelicalism on racial inequality? Recent political developments, including race-related social activism

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Religion Matters. ➡️ Are you attending the Annual Meeting October 31 - November 2, 2025 in Minneapolis? Follow us and join the conversation on social media. Use #SSSR_RRA2025 & tag our accounts on LinkedIn, Facebook, Bluesky and X. Find links at the bottom of our landing page ⬇️⬇️ sssreligion.org

New from @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social in Social Problems on “Christian Nationalism and Abelism in the United States.” Read at the link below.

Christian nationalism and ableism in the United States

Abstract. Americans with disabilities face significant hurdles across multiple social institutions in the United States. Their inclusion and equitable trea

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The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us by @ryanburge.bsky.social is now available for pre-order.

The Vanishing Church

The moderate American church is disappearing--and it's taking democracy with it.Many people assume evangelicals are Republican, Democrats aren't religious, and moderate Christians no longer exist. But...

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Attention Grad Students! Apply for the ASREC Workshop on the Economics of Religion, March 19–21, 2026 at Chapman University. Learn from leading scholars, attend the ASREC conference, and receive full travel support. Apply by Nov 14, 2025 at bit.ly/4htsQFm.

New in Social Forces: Innovating through the concept of “transmorphic organizations,” @jonathancoley.bsky.social and Gabby Gomez examine whether and why Christian colleges that were once racially segregated now discriminate against LGBTQ students. Read more below:

Transmorphic organizations: racial segregation and discrimination against LGBTQ students at Christian colleges and universities1

Abstract. Do organizations that previously discriminated against one marginalized group go on to discriminate against other marginalized groups? If so, why

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John Brown University seeks a distinguished scholar for the Dr. Gary J. Oliver Endowed Chair in Marriage, Family & Relationship Studies. Lead research advancing relational health & resilience. Apply here: www.jbu.edu/human-resour...

Congratulations to Dr. David Eagle, who was appointed as the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion @jssreligion.bsky.social, our flagship publication. Dr. Eagle will assume the role in Jan 2026, succeeding Dr. Korie Little. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Today seems like an auspicious day to remind folks that next week I'll be at Penn State delivering a De Jong Lecture on the contemporary pronatalist movement. Demographers Shelley Clark & Nancy Luke will also give lectures on pronatalism. Zoom option is available! Just use the QR code to register.

Boston College invites applications for Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life and tenured full Professor (open discipline). Apply by Oct 27, 2025. Details at apply.interfolio.com/173598a