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Kathryn Gin Lum
@kginlum.bsky.social
Professor of American Religion @Stanford. Author of Damned Nation (2014) and Heathen (2022). Director of @argcstanford.bsky.social. SFGiants fan.
extremely true we wrote a whole book about it! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757650...
Religion Is Not Done with You by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, Megan Goodwin: 9780807021491 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A smart, irreverent, and accessible guide to thinking more deeply about how religion permeates and shapes the world around us –and why you need to understand the work it's doing Religion lurks...
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Matt Gabriele@profgabriele.com · 6mo agofwiw Americans are very bad at understanding that the 2 things you're not supposed to discuss - politics and religion - infuse literally everything that the country has done, is doing, and will do it's the water we swim in, which is why we don't see it
The more things change… here’s the VP proving that paganism remains a useful foil for a certain vision of American “civilization”: “it is about whether we will remain a civilization under God, or whether we ultimately return to the paganism that dominated the past” religionnews.com/2026/01/23/m...
March for Life airs tensions with Trump's 'flexibility' on Hyde Amendment
WASHINGTON (RNS) — In the wake of Trump’s comments about Hyde, the administration has faced a backlash from the anti-abortion movement, who also feel the administration has taken insufficient action t...
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I need you all to understand something for those of you who think you know what this black woman who has lived in racist America really thinks. I know this is hard for you all, but some of us saw this coming for years, decades even. So understand, I am not being snarky. I am grieving.
Just saw this. Glad to bring a little hell to your holidays
time to signal boost @kginlum.bsky.social's awesome book again religiondispatches.org/2024/11/20/p...
Phoning It In: 'Heathen' Isn't a Neutral Religious Description — It's Also a Significant Force in the Creation of Race in the US
Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! (I am, in fact, so busy that we have not played this game in two years. Welcome bac...
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Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 7mo agoAnytime I see numbers showing that Asian people are less underwater than others, I wish we were actually fucking teaching the history of Asian people in this country. Instead, maybe people are told that Chinese laborers built the railroads in the mid-1800s and then... like, nothing at all.
Free and open to the public: a talk featuring Prof. R. Marie Griffith: “BANKRUPT: Power, Abuse, and Trauma in American Christianity.” Feb 10, 4:30pm, Stanford Humanities Center. Please join us!
Check out this important and insightful piece by @argcstanford.bsky.social alumna @chanheeheo.bsky.social on @religiondispatches.org:
I’m teaching a grad seminar on American religion this semester, and am really excited to introduce my students to these phenomenal books.
On July 4, 1917, Henry Ford’s English School held its graduation. Immigrant workers in native dress descended from a mock steamship into a giant cauldron marked “Melting Pot” and emerged in suits, waving US flags. Assimilation staged as public ritual. Credit: The Henry Ford Collection, THF106481
It has been such a privilege to work with @chanheeheo.bsky.social over the years and to see her work culminate in this important, evocative, and gorgeously written dissertation. Congratulations, Chanhee!
American Religions at Stanford@argcstanford.bsky.social · last yr.Congratulations to @chanheeheo.bsky.social on successfully defending her dissertation, “Thy Kin-dom Come: Imagining the First Christian Nation in the East,” today! 🎉
had an amazing time learning more about @ahmadgreene.com's gorgeous new book! religiondispatches.org/phoning-it-i...
Phoning It In: (Re)making Race and Religion in Zora Neale Hurston’s New Orleans Underworld
Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! I’m claiming to have made up this game, but if you’ve ever showed up for class wit...
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now would be a great time for everybody to pick up a copy of @kginlum.bsky.social's *Heathen* but in the meantime: religiondispatches.org/phoning-it-i...
Phoning It In: 'Heathen' Isn't a Neutral Religious Description — It's Also a Significant Force in the Creation of Race in the US
Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! (I am, in fact, so busy that we have not played this game in two years. Welcome bac...
religiondispatches.org
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · last yr.The bipartisan framing of Chinese people as dangerous to the United States has been building up for years and has created this deeply racist and xenophobic opening for the Trump administration. I stand with my Chinese colleagues and all of our Chinese students. 🧪
A moving concert and conversation tonight between Dr. Julian Saporiti (No-No Boy) and @chanheeheo.bsky.social. Full recording will be posted to argc.stanford.edu
American Religions at Stanford@argcstanford.bsky.social · last yr.ARGC is delighted to present “Singing Asian American History,” a live music concert by No-No Boy in conversation with @chanheeheo.bsky.social. Join us! May 9, 6pm PST, free and open to the public. RSVP here: forms.gle/tk76grabH5So...
It’s been a minute since ARGC put on this panel on “Race, Religion, Asian American Studies” with Melissa Borja, Jonathan Tran, and @kginlum.bsky.social, moderated by @chanheeheo.bsky.social, but we finally got the recording up! Check it out at argc.stanford.edu/research-pro...
"Race, Religion, and Asian American Studies" Panel
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So delighted for my brilliant advisee @chanheeheo.bsky.social and the fantastic group of postdocs starting at the @ctrrelpol-washu.bsky.social this fall! rap.wustl.edu/news/jpostdo...
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics Awards Three Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2025-2026 - John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
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First time in the archives in a while. Came across this gem in a book advocating against Chinese exclusion. “It is impossible to preserve the integrity of a government like ours if we deny to any class in our community the equal protection of the laws.”
ARGC is delighted to present “Singing Asian American History,” a live music concert by No-No Boy in conversation with @chanheeheo.bsky.social. Join us! May 9, 6pm PST, free and open to the public. RSVP here: forms.gle/tk76grabH5So...
Check out this lovely reflection by @argcstanford.bsky.social graduate student Jeffrey Sánchez in *Collecting Religion*: “Candles are ephemeral and made to be disposed of after use, but they also leave ‘stuff’ behind.” collectingreligion.wordpress.com/2025/03/03/b...
Burning Questions: On Collecting the Stuff of Latinx/e Religion
by Jeffrey Sanchez I often visit my family in Texas during the sticky, hot, and humid summer months. Though it may be close to suffocatingly hot, the only place hotter (both literally and figurativ…
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Been seeing lots on social media about the Asian American student rejected from 16 schools. But the real story that needs to be shared isn’t about a single student. It’s about the appalling decline in Black and Latinx student enrollment since the 2023 Supreme Court decision.
The ASCH forum on Heathen, from the Jan 2024 conference, is live on Church History. Open access! @kecarte.bsky.social’s intro: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh’s response: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @mbaysa.bsky.social’s response: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Forum Discussion of Heathen: Religion and Race in American History, Kathryn Gin Lum: Introduction | Church History | Cambridge Core
Forum Discussion of Heathen: Religion and Race in American History, Kathryn Gin Lum: Introduction
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Religion and Indigeneity in the Pacific and Asian Americas is hosting its third talk on Feb. 5. Dr. Kathryn Gin Lum (@kginlum.bsky.social) will join to share insights from her 2022 book, Heathen: Religion and Race in American History, and explore its broader implications. RSVP: tinyurl.com/4pjvk6ff
Open to the public! Religion and the 2024 Election Tuesday January 28, 4:30pm PT In person and on Zoom
Making a Difference! Humanities can! As seen on the MTR in Hong Kong. Don’t think I’ve ever seen such a prominent advertisement for the humanities on public transit in the US
