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Sophie Bjork-James Sophie Bjork-James, Ph.D. on her new book The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism's Politics of the Family (Rutgers University Press) in conversation with Joseph Gaines for New Books Network (@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) #podcast newbooksnetwork.com/the-divine-ins…

NEW podcast episode! "Religion & Reproductive Rights" @1gillianfrank1 discusses religious leaders who led abortion clinics, & Sophie Bjork-James, Ph.D. shares connections between pro-life activism & opposition to climate change policies. Listen on Apple & Spotify! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rel…

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1. Just in: I have updated the anti-trans legislative risk map for early indications from legislative sessions. Three states move up in risk: Utah, Indiana, and New Hampshire, accounting for legislative movement there. Subscribe to support my work.

Excellent review of “Out of Hiding: Extremist White Supremacy and How It Can be Stopped” By Kathleen M. Blee, Robert Futrell, Pete Simi in San Francisco Chronicle sfchronicle.com/entertainment/…

Only 1 more week to apply for the Boniuk Institute postdoc. We're looking for a social sciences PhD w/ substantive expertise in religion & race, immigration, or another area related to religious pluralism & diversity. Learn more and apply by January 31: buff.ly/3HvqeFN

Today in The Nation we have a piece by Lujayn, a 14-year-old girl in Gaza, that has floored me every time I've read it. It's about what happened when an Israeli bulldozer came to destroy the house she was staying in, and you must, must, must read it. thenation.com/article/world/…

Wake up! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Great opportunity for graduate students studying religion.

Justice Sotomayor's dissent is one of the most terrified and terrifying pieces of judicial writing I've ever encountered—she lists the criminal acts that presidents can now take with immunity and says "the president is now a king above the law." supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…

There is a lot happening in the news these days, but it seems like we should be paying a bit more attention to the fact that the world just saw its hottest day on record (in absolute terms), coming on the back of 13 straight record setting months:

Amazing reporting on one of the most important stories in Christian Nationalism.

"The Violent Implications of the “Jezebel” Attacks on Kamala Harris" is an Important discussion of the New Apostolic Reformation and the politics of demons by Melissa Gira Grant @NewRepublic bit.ly/PoliticsOfDemo…

What has been happening in the Uk is fundamentally riot - not protest. But to understand the underlying issues and wider far right in this country I recommend reading Prof Hilary Pilkington, Prof Joel Busher & also my Extreme Britain. All based on interviews &attending protest.

The spirit of Cable Street has been manifested across our country tonight. All over England people from different creeds and communities have come together to send a message to the racists: No Pasaran!

I can't wait to read this.

I’m happy to have contributed to this issue.

Happy to share my latest essay for The Conversation U.S.. Doctors are preoccupied with threats of criminal charges in states with abortion bans, putting patients’ lives at risk theconversation.com/doctors-are-pr… v

"Over time, this exodus of providers could exacerbate the problem of health care deserts in the U.S.," write Sophie Bjork-James, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University), Anna-Grace Lilly (The University of Toledo), & Isabelle Perry Newman (UVA School of Medicine) on the effects of #AbortionBans. The Conversation U.S.: buff.ly/4dXnvTf