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Kelsey Hanson Woodruff

@khansonwoodruff.bsky.social

Researching and writing about American Christianity, gender, media, and politics. Postdoc at Wesleyan University.

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Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · yesterday

"Pastors in Name Only" "Wicked Witch of Woke" “I've never seen anyone commit so much blasphemy against the word of God." As pastors become Democratic nominees — at least 5 so far, and likely one more tonight — their Republican opponents are attacking their faith. religionnews.com/2026/08/04/p...

'They're not real pastors': As clergy run as Democrats, Republicans question their faith

(RNS) — 'It's a sign that they are really scared they're gonna lose this seat,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran pastor running for Congress in Iowa, said. She is part of a wave of religious ...

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Karin Wulf@kawulf.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Friends, I hope you’ll share this widely. The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hiring 2 3-yr research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas. Info is here and I’m happy to take questions offline: brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...

Research Associate

Job Description: The John Carter Brown Library, located on the campus of Brown University, has one of the world’s most significant collections relating to the history of the early Americas, particular...

brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com

Karin Wulf@kawulf.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Last post for the year to say that @jcblibrary.bsky.social we've been thinking hard about how to support scholars and scholarship amidst the multi-dimensional crises for humanities research. We remain committed to our traditional fellowships (indeed in the wake of NEH revocation we expanded), but 1/

Kelsey Hanson Woodruff@khansonwoodruff.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I started this podcast today and plan to assign a few episodes to my students in the Spring! An exceptional example of public scholarship.

Samira K. Mehta@samirakmehta.bsky.social · 8mo ago

On this World AIDS Day, I would like to recommend a spectacular podcast about #theChurchWithAIDS. Lynne Gerber has created "When We All Get to Heaven," which is available through Slate and details the Metropolitan Community Church in the Castro during the AIDS crisis. slate.com/podcasts/whe...

Kelsey Hanson Woodruff@khansonwoodruff.bsky.social · 11mo ago

My article, “Outposts in the Wilderness: Post-Evangelical Feminist Communities on Digital Media, 2004-2024” is out with Religion and American Culture. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Outposts in the Wilderness: Post-Evangelical Feminist Communities on Digital Media, 2004–2024 | Religion and American Culture | Cambridge Core

Outposts in the Wilderness: Post-Evangelical Feminist Communities on Digital Media, 2004–2024

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Annette Yoshiko Reed@annetteyreed.bsky.social · 11mo ago

“Chicago has long helped to keep alive tiny fields & esoteric areas of humanistic study... Without the univ’s support, & the continued training of grad students who can keep these bodies of kn going, entire spheres of human learning might eventually blink out.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

If the University of Chicago Won’t Defend the Humanities, Who Will?

Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, philosophy, the arts, and languages

theatlantic.com

The Anxious Bench@anxiousbench.bsky.social · last yr.

The Scopes trial turns 100 this month. Kelsey Hanson Woodruff writes about the legacy of the Scopes trial in Dayton, TN, and how one resident, Rachel Held Evans, tried to push evangelicalism beyond Young Earth creationism's culture war battle lines. www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...

Rachel Held Evans And The Specter Of Scopes In Dayton

For Rachel Held Evans, living in Dayton, Ohio--of Scopes Trial fame--was a way to combat the legacy of fundamentalism in evangelicalism.

patheos.com

The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · last yr.

More than 12,000 Harvard alumni, 21 state attorneys general, and two dozen universities, including five Ivy League schools, filed or plan to file amicus briefs backing Harvard in its court battle with the Trump administration, court records showed.

21 state attorneys general, multiple universities, alumni to back Harvard in court battle against Trump - The Boston Globe

Two dozen universities, including five Ivy League schools, plan to file an amicus brief, including six that joined the coalition in a filing Monday, court records show.

bostonglobe.com

Kelsey Hanson Woodruff@khansonwoodruff.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks to Greg at the Classical Ideas podcast for interviewing me! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

EP 317: Post-Evangelical Feminist Communities on Digital Media w/Kelsey Hanson Woodruff

Podcast Episode · The Classical Ideas Podcast · 03/06/2025 · 33m

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Greg (A Podcast About Propagandhi/Classical Ideas)@gregsoden.bsky.social · last yr.

Episode 317 w/ Kelsey Hanson Woodruff discusses Post-Evangelical Feminist Communities on Digital Media from 2002-2024, the importance of public scholarship, and more! Listen: linktr.ee/classicalideas Thank you, @khansonwoodruff.bsky.social @sacredwrites.bsky.social