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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Excited to share that I've been named a PRRI Public Fellow! I'll be joining a cohort of scholars working to translate research into insights that matter for public understanding and discourse.

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Here's a story about the peer review system working as intended -- thoughtful questions from a reviewer led to an unexpected but important finding. (w/ @pauldjupe.bsky.social )

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

My career has been fundamentally transformed by the mentorship I've received. The APSA Religion and Politics section has revamped its mentorship program with the aim of propelling a junior scholar's project to completion. Interested mentees can check it out at: connect.apsanet.org/s11/mentoring/

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It’s always exciting to see great social science from @pauldjupe.bsky.social shared with the wider world. This piece also taught me a bit about my own neck of the woods!

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The term “Christian nationalism” has gone from academia to media to everyday talk. But it’s contested—and public signals are mixed (some reject the label; others embrace it). So a basic question has been hard to answer: do people actually identify as Christian nationalists?

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Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The cw is religion cures loneliness bc it can put people FTF. But our recent data is surprising. Men who attend more are MORE lonely while attending women are less. Why? Much of the answer lies in the messaging - apocalyptic views are not conducive to connection. w @brooklynwalker.bsky.social

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The Religious are More Lonely?

Paul A. Djupe and Brooklyn Walker The conventional wisdom about religious congregations is that they are social places, where people can find opportunities for mutual support to ease the existentia…

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Tradwives are everywhere on social media. So we asked a national sample of Americans how they actually feel about them. The answer surprised us. 🧵 w/ @pauldjupe.bsky.social

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Judy Woodruff for @pbsnews.org recently covered "Rededicate 250." A new post at Religion in Public looks at why this journalism was so important.

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Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

There's so much chatter about the sin of empathy and toxic empathy, mostly aimed at women. We asked a few Qs about empathy, courtesy of @verasight.io - thanks! People are of two minds that mirrors the debate. Empathy is good but only if it doesn't contradict "truth." And there's a gender gap (1/2).

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Why The Right Wing Freakout about Empathy?

By Brooklyn Walker and Paul A. Djupe [Image credit: Empathy is the new Christian battleground : r/Christianity] Empathy is sin. Or so goes the thesis of several highly popular books by conservative…

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

"Empathy is sin." That's the thesis of several popular conservative Christian books right now. We wanted to know: is this just elite rhetoric, or has it reached the pews? We have data. 🧵 w/ @pauldjupe.bsky.social

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I was VERY nervous for my first podcast, but it turned out to be a great conversation with the thoughtful hosts at @faithfulpolitics.bsky.social and my co-author, @pauldjupe.bsky.social . Tune in to hear a chat about Christian nationalism, threat, and possible paths to more healthy politics.

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Complementarianism — the belief that God created men to lead and women to follow — is usually discussed in terms of churches and marriages. Our new research shows it reaches much further than that. 🧵 w/ @pauldjupe.bsky.social @jssreligion.bsky.social

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I just got back from a UTK workshop on building community in the classroom when your subject matter is politically charged. A few things I'm taking back to my courses. 🧵

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

An important piece connecting the dots between religion, complementarianism, and women's rights.

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Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Beyond the ragebait of the manosphere lies a group of thinkers who want to turn back the clock on feminism. Far from being a fringe belief system, masculinism has become the single most important force uniting the American right. My latest for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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The Men Who Don’t Want Women to Vote

Or work. Or have opinions.

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

What I've been reading: Sam Perry's new piece in JSSR on pronatalism. He draws an important distinction between general pronatalism — encouraging births broadly — and selective pronatalism, which is about producing the right kind of children. 🧵

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I work with the coolest people. No one is more deserving of this honor, and I'm thrilled to be on the front row to watch this project develop.

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Gun ownership is rising. So is political violence. But what's actually driving the connection between the two -- and what role does religion play? A new Social Science Quarterly article of mine, with @dhmarkel.bsky.social and Abigail Vegter, digs in. 🧵

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

@revjenbutler.bsky.social has an interesting piece on the political uses of Christian persecution narratives. It’s a thoughtful view from a clergy’s perspective and nice confirmation of what @pauldjupe and I have been finding in our survey work. revjenbutler.substack.com/p/trump-just...

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Trump Just Released a Report on “Anti-Christian Bias.” Christians Should Be Alarmed.

It does not defend religious freedom. It fuels the false persecution story at the heart of Christian nationalism.

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I've had the privilege of participating in a series at @alpsblog.bsky.social. It's given me valuable space to reflect on this year as an Asst.Prof and to compare notes with @cnwillis.bsky.social and @drjostojski.bsky.social. Check out the latest post at: activelearningps.com/2026/04/17/o...

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Office Hours: Year One (Part 4) – Active Learning in Political Science ©

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

@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...

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Why some efforts to combat Christian nationalism may fail

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

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Just back from #MPSA2026 with a few reflections. 🧵 (1) I brought my 16-year-old daughter to panels on young adults, sexism, and religious conservatism. Her observations on gender roles and religious identity among her own generation were insightful. Sometimes the best data is sitting next to you.

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I'm headed to MPSA! If you're also planning on being in Chicago on Saturday, come check out the CwC, Relocating to the Center: The Importance of Religion in Political Science. You'll hear fantastic work from dozens of brilliant researchers! #MPSA @julthomson.bsky.social @alenasmith13.bsky.social

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon called for harsh punishment of BLM protesters while defending January 6th rioters as "Patriots." Is this inconsistency? Or does it reveal something deeper about how Christian nationalism shapes views on crime and punishment? 🧵 #polisci #religionandpolitics

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

@pauldjupe.bsky.social and I have found similar dynamics in our own survey data. The bump in young men's religiosity seems to be related to the embrace by young men of more conservative religious worldviews, not religion broadly speaking. For more, check out: religioninpublic.blog/2025/03/05/t...

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The Reactionary Religious Reengagement of Young Men

By Paul A. Djupe and Brooklyn Walker [Image credit: Mother Jones] If there’s one thing we thought we could count on in the social scientific study of religion, it was the gender gap in religious id…

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

@dhmarkel.bsky.social, Abigail Vegter, and I have a new piece ("An Army for God") out at Social Science Quarterly on the intersections of Christian nationalism, gun ownership, and gun owner identity with political violence support. More soon! doi.org/10.1111/ssqu...

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Vivian Yee's New York Times piece on the movement to repeal women's suffrage tells this important story through individual voices. We have national survey data to add to the conversation. And it shows that this movement is gaining steam. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...

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The Women Who Believe That Women Should Lose the Right to Vote

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Churches preaching religious pluralism to push back on Christian nationalism? @pauldjupe.bsky.social and I's research suggests it's not working -- and the reason why matters for everyone engaged in the fight for greater tolerance. 🧵

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

At Religion in Public, @pauldjupe.bsky.social and I look at Christian nationalism among Catholics. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops spoke out against immigration crackdowns, and we were curious if the bishop's attitudes were also present in the pews. (1/2) religioninpublic.blog/2025/11/20/t...

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The Bishops Were Not Just Speaking to Trump, but also to Trumpism Among Catholics

By Paul A. Djupe and Brooklyn Walker [Image credit: National Catholic Reporter] The selection of the new pope from the global south (as well as from the Chicago south!) sent a signal that Pope Fran…

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

And I thought women's suffrage was a settled question. Silly me... Check out this latest post with @pauldjupe.bsky.social.

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Melissa Deckman @melissadeckman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Check out my latest op-ed, which sheds = light on the story of Gen Z, gender and religion in @thehill.com. My analysis of @prri.org trend data shows that young men are not becoming more religious overtime, countering some popular narratives today. thehill.com/opinion/cong...

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Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Delighted to help put this together - there’s excellent work in this collection that makes a big jump forward in religion + politics in American congregations.

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Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

After reading excellent reporting from @oyousef.bsky.social on NPR about the violent gender ideology behind the anti-abortion movement, we (@brooklynwalker.bsky.social + I) had to dig into our data to see whether this exists in the mass (Christian) public. 1/2 religioninpublic.blog/2025/05/16/t...

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The Gender Ideology Behind Christian Nationalism and the Anti-Abortion Movement

By Paul A. Djupe and Brooklyn Walker [Image credit: Tennessee Lookout] A recent story from NPR helps make the connections between extraordinarily restrictive anti-abortion policies and a broader mo…

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Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

It has been conventional wisdom for so long that abortion is one of a few mobilizing issues on the Right. So much so that it didn't seem worth investigating. Good thing we did (w @brooklynwalker.bsky.social). 1/3 religioninpublic.blog/2025/04/22/t...

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The Moderate Abortion Politics of Christian Nationalism?

By Brooklyn Walker and Paul A. Djupe [Image credit: Georgetown Gender + Justice Initiative] Despite initially receiving ambivalent reactions, Roe v. Wade soon divided the country. Anti-abortion pol…

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

New from me & @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social at @sfjournal.bsky.social. Timely given our current economic crisis. How does Christian nationalism support plutocracy? Among the many ways is through opposing taxation for the rich. We show this using 3 national surveys. 1/ academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

We gave a short survey to White Christians & asked them to pick between our govt prioritizing economic prosperity with more immigrants or reducing immigration even if it hurts prosperity. Majorities of White Christian nationalists would tank our economy if it meant preserving the ethnic status quo.

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Ryan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

What's the combination of education and gender that leads to the highest level of religious attendance? It's men with graduate degrees. That's appeared consistently in the data since 2016.

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Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

It seems like a universal experience in the social sciences to face problems with peer reviewing - it's certainly taking longer and editors report that it's hard to recruit reviewers. I've been interested in getting data on this for a decade and we just pub'd the 2nd installment. Peer review is...

The bar chart shows the distribution of reviewing in the past year from 2013 and 2024 survey data of political scientists.

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

@pauldjupe.bsky.social and I recently published a piece about Christian nationalism as a mechanism used by men to protect their sense of masculinity. If you want to read more, we've published a summary at Religion in Public: religioninpublic.blog/2025/03/10/c...

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Christian Nationalism Acts as Compensation for More Feminine Men

By Paul A. Djupe and Brooklyn Walker 316Tees, a leading purveyor of Christian clothing, offers several unisex t-shirts featuring American flags and phrases like “One Nation Under God” o…

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Brooklyn Walker @brooklynwalker.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

In a new piece titled 'Jesus and John Wayne Wannabes', now out at Sociology of Religion, @pauldjupe.bsky.social and I explore the role of felt gender on Christian nationalism. We find that men who describe themselves as feminine use Christian nationalism as a compensatory tool.

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Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

After release of the Pew Report last week, @brooklynwalker.bsky.social and I dig in to our data to find "The Reactionary Religious Reengagement of Young Men." It's stunning to see how distinct they are from not just younger women but older Christians too. religioninpublic.blog/2025/03/05/t...

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The Reactionary Religious Reengagement of Young Men

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Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I've been concerned that commentators have been too quick to segment Christian nationalism to just "White CN" as particularly problematic. In reaction, I've been looking at CN within other groups, even those targeted in typical CN policy. In our new piece... religioninpublic.blog/2025/02/17/i...

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