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Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Congratulations to @julthomson.bsky.social & @alenasmith13.bsky.social, winners of the SSSR’s 2025 Student PaperAward (Published) for ‘Sacred speech: Analyzing the influence of congressional leadership on religious rhetoric,’ published in Politics and Religion. sssreligion.org/awards-grant...

SSSR 2025 Student Paper Award (Published) for ‘Sacred speech: Analyzing the influence of congressional leadership on religious rhetoric,’ published in Politics and Religion.

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Alena Smith @alenasmith13.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

@kkdumez.bsky.social If you haven't heard it yet, there's a new (excellent!) song out with the same title as your book about how churches today have left Jesus ("Blessed is America, but only for Americans"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsZu...

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Googly Eyes, Joy Oladokun & Allison Ponthier | Jesus and John Wayne (Official Audio)

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Alena Smith @alenasmith13.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

New post up at Religion in Public with @julthomson.bsky.social! We look at what happened to religious rhetoric in Congress after Mike Johnson became Speaker. In short, no change in “God talk” on the House floor, more in Republican newsletters to voters. religioninpublic.blog/2025/07/14/t...

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The Johnson Effect: How the New Speaker Sparked a Religious Rhetoric Surge

By Alena Smith and Julianna J. Thomson [Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons] After Mike Johnson (R-LA) became Speaker of the House in October 2023, Republican legislators started using significantly mo…

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