A new op-ed by @melissadeckman.bsky.social and @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social examines conservatism in Utah, finding that the state has a slightly higher proportion of people who resist Christian nationalism (68%) than the country as a whole (64%), the only red state with that distinction. Read more:

Can a person be very conservative and also oppose Christian nationalism? Our survey says yes.

(RNS) — Latter-day Saints diverge from the white evangelicals they resemble in their political conservatism and Republican partisanship.

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Check our @prri.org' latest release, a joint report with @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social 's Meaning of Democracy Lab at Johns Hopkins, that profiles the majority of Americans who are resisting Christian Nationalism. prri.org/research/res...

Resistance to Christian Nationalism in All 50 States: A PRRI-Meanings of Democracy Lab Report

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New from @melissadeckman.bsky.social and @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social at @newsweek.com "A potential electoral backlash to Trump’s appeals to Christian nationalism may also be spurred by the rising prominence of progressive religious voices on the campaign trail." www.newsweek.com/resistance-t...

Resistance to Christian nationalism could help decide midterms | Opinion

"Backlash to Trump’s appeals to Christian nationalism may be spurred by the rising prominence of progressive religious voices."

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@ruthbraunstein.bsky.social and I published an op-ed, out today in @rns.org ,about what the case of Utah and Latter-day Saints tell us about assuming most religious conservatives endorse Christian nationalism, drawing from our latest survey on CN resistance. religionnews.com/2026/09/24/c...

Can a person be very conservative and also oppose Christian nationalism? Our survey says yes.

(RNS) — Latter-day Saints diverge from the white evangelicals they resemble in their political conservatism and Republican partisanship.

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Tomorrow at 11:00 AM ET on Substack Live, join @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social and @melissadeckman.bsky.social to discuss a new survey report examining the religious, political, and demographic makeup of Americans who resist Christian nationalist ideology. Tune in: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Please join @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social and me tomorrow for an overview of @prri.org 's latest survey report, releasing tomorrow, that examines who in America is most likely to resist Christian Nationalism at 11 am!

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Tomorrow at 11:00 AM ET on Substack Live, join @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social and @melissadeckman.bsky.social to discuss a new survey report examining the religious, political, and demographic makeup of Americans who resist Christian nationalist ideology. Tune in: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

Colleagues and I have argued that digital tech has facilitated religious unbundling. Evidence here points to relevant evidence: undermining religious authority, aligning with individuation, and serving as affordance for à la care religious goods. www.psypost.org/new-study-li...

New study links the spread of the internet to a global decline in religious identity

As internet access spreads across the globe, formal religious affiliation tends to fall. A new study of 81 countries links three decades of digital expansion to a steady decline in traditional religio...

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Congratulations to PRRI Board Chair @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social on this achievement!

Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Congratulations to @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social, whose book My Tax Dollars is the Winner of the Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, Culture Section, presented by the American Sociological Association! Read a preview of the book here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... @asanews.bsky.social

IT'S ALIVE! Brainstorming, discussing, writing, and re-writing this piece on the "unbundling" of American religion with @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social, @jlkucinskas.bsky.social, and @bsteens.bsky.social was the most enjoyable part of the process, but it's gratifying to see it officially "out" in ASR.

Religion Unbundled: Toward a Twenty-First-Century Paradigm for the Sociology of American Religion - Ruth Braunstein, Jaime Kucinskas, Brian Steensland, Daniel Winchester, 2026

Much recent sociological work on religion in the United States is written outside the field’s two established paradigms: secularization theory and the 1990s “re...

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White evangelicalism isn't simply divided between conservatives & liberals. The deeper divide is over Christian autocracy vs. pluralistic democracy. In this SSSR Presidential Address, @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social explores what this reveals about American religion & politics. doi.org/10.1111/jssr...

Religion and the Restructuring of American Politics

Over the past decade, White evangelicals in the United States have largely aligned themselves with Donald Trump's Make America Great Again, or MAGA, movement and the Christian nationalist ideas it pr....

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Truly honored by the news that *My Tax Dollars* was awarded this year’s Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book by the American Sociological Association Culture Section. 🤩 Thanks to all who have supported the book at various stages!

Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Congratulations to @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social, whose book My Tax Dollars is the Winner of the Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, Culture Section, presented by the American Sociological Association! Read a preview of the book here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... @asanews.bsky.social

Congratulations to @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social, whose book My Tax Dollars is the Winner of the Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, Culture Section, presented by the American Sociological Association! Read a preview of the book here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... @asanews.bsky.social

This was a chance to pull together some of my fav. social science - work by @jenniferreich.bsky.social, @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social, @bsteens.bsky.social, Lynne Haney, Wendy Brown, Kathy Cramer, Jennifer Carlson, Jennifer Silva, and more. It went so well that I want to showcase some students' work.

Join us tomorrow if you’re in town! Really looking forward to this.

Justin Schein@deathandtaxesfilm.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Coming to Baltimore to screen Death & Taxes Tue May 12th 7PM and conversation with Prof @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social author of My Tax Dollars-The Morality of Taxpaying in America and @amyhanauer.bsky.social ED of @itep.org . Who knew talking taxes and democracy could be so much fun! #taxes

Check out this article from @landonschnabel.bsky.social, Ilana Horowitz & @contexts.org on DIY Faith, especially among young & LGBTQ+ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Great w/our forthcoming article @ Am Soc Rev on the Unbundling of Religion: osf.io/preprints/so... @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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@ruthbraunstein.bsky.social — a leading scholar of Christian nationalism — invited @pauldjupe.bsky.social and I to discuss our work in a Q&A on her Substack. She pushed us on the practical implications of our findings in ways that sharpened my thinking. ruthbraunstein.substack.com/p/why-some-e...

Why some efforts to combat Christian nationalism may fail

A Q&A with political scientists Brooklyn Walker and Paul Djupe

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ASA member Ruth Braunstein @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social @jhu.edu notes that individuals who practice war tax resistance typically want to do their duty as citizens but can't in good conscience contribute to war. @npr.org

Taxpayers filing for peace: Evading taxes as protest

Protesting the government by not paying taxes is one way to be heard. We talk with Ruth Braunstein about her book, My Tax Dollar: the Morality of Taxpaying in America.

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Ready for tax day? @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social is on @npr.org's All Things Considered for a discussion of her book, My Tax Dollars: The Morality of Taxpaying in America. Listen here:

Taxpayers filing for peace: Evading taxes as protest

Protesting the government by not paying taxes is one way to be heard. We talk with Ruth Braunstein about her book, My Tax Dollar: the Morality of Taxpaying in America.

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Check out my thoughts on the rise of progressive Christian pastors running for political office this year, as reported in the AP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHxv...

These 3 Democratic pastors in Iowa are running for Congress

YouTube video by Associated Press

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My Tax Dollars author @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social speaks with @nytimes.com. Check out @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social's full piece on tax resistance here:

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 7mo ago

Tax resistance has long been woven into America’s fabric. Some filers have refused to pay over the decades — or at least are inquiring about their options today — as they struggle to pay their federal income taxes in good conscience.

Great to see @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social quoted in this NY Times article on conscientious objection to tax paying. You should also check out her book "My Tax Dollars." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/y...

They Want to Stop Paying Taxes as a Protest. There Are Consequences.

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Check out the ideas, tools, and research grounding and inspiring us this month. H/T @votingrightslab.bsky.social @navigatorsurvey.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org @npquarterly.bsky.social @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social @adamkahane.bsky.social https://horizonsproject.us/the-vista-february-2026/

THE VISTA: February 2026

In February we celebrated 100 years of Black History month, with commemorations and invitations to communities to “reflect not only on the history itself, but on how the rituals of remembering have helped shape culture, identity, and national understanding of Black life.” We also joined in the joyful celebration of this year’s Superbowl half-time show, with Bad Bunny’s Gift for Multiplicity. “Bad Bunny showed up with community, color, dance, music and chaos. That’s why, when he ended his performance by saying seguimos aquí (‘we’re still here’), it felt like an insistence on showing up as our full selves, without leaving anything or anyone behind.” 

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“The pro-democracy movement has a lot of balls in the air right now. It’s essential to clarify which are rubber and which are glass. If we don’t keep our eye on the glass balls, we could see fundamental democratic safeguards shatter. Attacks on women’s fundamental rights are glass balls.”

Ruth Braunstein@ruthbraunstein.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Cool, cool. Lesson learned.

What moral story shapes how you see your role as a citizen? Sociologist @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social joins us to unpack how faith and moral language shape politics, protest, and public life & what that means for pluralism and civic engagement today. Watch or listen: youtu.be/eQCudFFpwuk

How Faith Shapes Democracy: Ruth Braunstein on Competing Moral Visions in America

YouTube video by Faithful Politics Podcast

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Big fall-offs among all religious groups except Black Protestants - thus proving (as always) that everyone should listen to and understand Black theology, history, and ethics.

Conrad Hackett@conradhackett.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Extremely or very confident Donald Trump acts ethically in office White evangelicals 40% US adult avg. 21% Unaffiliated 10% Black Protestants 7% https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/09/white-evangelicals-remain-among-trumps-strongest-supporters-but-theyre-less-supportive-than-a-year-ago/

The defense secretary ordered a review of women in combat roles, claiming standards were compromised — but the requirements for women and men in combat roles are identical.

Women combat veterans want Pete Hegseth to know that they already passed the test

The defense secretary ordered a review of women in combat roles, claiming standards were compromised — but the requirements for women and men in combat roles are identical.

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Cool, cool. Lesson learned.

Are women's rights more at risk than we thought?

On the Handmaid's Tale, glass vs. rubber balls, and singing in the shower

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Are women's rights more at risk than we thought? Another great essay from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/ruthbrau...

Are women's rights more at risk than we thought?

On the Handmaid's Tale, glass vs. rubber balls, and singing in the shower

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If you aren't reading @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social 's Democracy is Hard Substack, you are missing out. Her latest post offers sober analysis about the SAVE Act, which if passed, could disenfranchise MILLIONS of women. It's a sleeping dog about which few know... substack.com/home/post/p-...

Are women's rights more at risk than we thought?

On the Handmaid's Tale, glass vs. rubber balls, and singing in the shower

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Never thought about the strategic use of chyrons by Trump & right-wing media. Then I read this by @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social & went to the gym. Saw 5 people on treadmills watching Fox or Newsmax on mute. So they don't get the rambling stupidity & ugliness. Just chyrons. ruthbraunstein.substack.com