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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12/04/2026

Viktor Orbán has been ousted—and efforts by Washington and Moscow to prop the autocratic leader up give his defeat implications that extend far beyond Hungary, @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social reports from Budapest. Read more: theatln.tc/KdGVkPGT

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Helen Jin Kim @helenjinkim.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Tomorrow! Online & in-person 🥳

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Helen Jin Kim @helenjinkim.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

In commemoration of the 5th anniversary of the Atlanta Spa Shootings, Asian Pacific American Religions & Research Initiative (APARRI) will co-host a panel (in-person & online) w/Emory, Duke & University of South Carolina. All are welcome: Fri 3/20/26, 12-1:30 pm EST. RSVP w/QR Code below.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

“.. The Monday interview is on pace to shatter clips of Colbert’s December interview with pop superstar Taylor Swift ..” @forbes.com #TXsen @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @jamestalarico.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/mikest...

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Bad Bunny's historical advisor is an assistant professor at UW-Madison. Hell of a flex for your tenure file.

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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

AMERICAN CAESAR is available for pre-order. "Onishi traces the strange alliance between spiritual warfare and Silicon Valley libertarianism. At the center of it all is the desire for an unbound executive—one man, beyond checks, beyond balance, beyond democracy." us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Tomorrow is today! And if you hate dialing, 5calls.org lets you click to call your electeds. It even gives scripts (though I like the one below).

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5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

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Helen Jin Kim @helenjinkim.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Please call your reps to defund ICE. If you’re in GA: Sen. Ossoff DC Office: (202) 224-3521 ATL Office: (470) 786-7800 Sen. Warnock DC: (202) 224-3643 GA: 770) 694-7828 If you’re in Decatur like me, here’s our rep: Rep. Johnson DC: (202) 225-1605 Decatur: (770) 987-2291

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

“.. He cared about people deeply ..,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father. “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street. He cared about those people, and he knew it was wrong ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national/202...

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Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Thanks to @ahylton26.bsky.social for the invite to speak truth on the White nationalism coming straight from DHS amidst the ethnic-cleansing operation in Minneapolis. youtu.be/dXAmruUTZiI?...

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‘This is who they are’: White nationalism expert says Trump admin’s dog whistles are no accident

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Seung Min Kim @seungminkim1.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire storage facility, AP source says.

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Ting @tingguowrites.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

We also discussed @helenjinkim.bsky.social ‘s Race for Survival: How #ColdWar South #Korea Shaped American #Evangelical Empire!

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Ting @tingguowrites.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Full house for Sharon Suh’s edited volume Emergent Dharma: #Asian American #Feminist #Buddhists on Practice, #Identity, and #Resistance #aarsbl25 #aarsbl #sblaar

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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 10/12/2025

also enjoying this open-access paper from Myung-Sahm Suh: Vacillating between the Cold War and the Culture War: The Contemporary Predicament of the Korean Evangelical Right www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/la...

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Vacillating between the Cold War and the Culture War: The Contemporary Predicament of the Korean Evangelical Right

Korea Journal, 2021, 61(4), 102

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

How have religious food movements from the early nineteenth century have to do with America’s MAHA health agenda today? @adriennekrone.bsky.social, author of FREE-RANGE-RELIGION, dives into the history in this recent blog post ⤵️ uncpressblog.com/2025/11/19/h...

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How Religious Food Movements Paved the Way for MAHA - UNC Press Blog

The following is a guest blog post by Adrienne Krone, author of Free-Range Religion: Alternative Food Movements and Religious Life in the United States which is now available wherever books are sold. ...

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Matthew D. Taylor @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Thrilled to announce my new project: my friend @sohayward.bsky.social & I have a new podcast series! AMERICAN UNEXCEPTIONALISM: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism We ask experts in democracy & religious nationalism around the globe to guide us. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0...

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001: It's Time to Leave American Exceptionalism Behind

Podcast Episode · American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism · 10/23/2025 · 31m

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Kate Burns @katerqburns.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Latest episode of American Unexceptionalism by @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social @sohayward.bsky.social is out- this time they talk to folks about the South Korean martial law attempt by then President Yoon. For the real ones- Che Ahn mentioned! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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003: South Korea: K-Pop Demon Hunters IRL

Podcast Episode · American Unexceptionalism: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism · 11/06/2025 · 1h 12m

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Helen Jin Kim @helenjinkim.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

1 year ago today, ex-president Yoon declared martial law in South Korea. How did Koreans protect democracy? What role did religion play? How does an authoritarian past haunt? @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, Susie Hayward, Ray Kim & I chat on this podcast + see @chanheeheo.bsky.social’s op-ed

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Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture @csraac.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Applications for the 2025–2027 Young Scholars in American Religion cohort close in just one week on Monday, May 19, 2025. All application materials, including completed letters of recommendation, must be submitted by the deadline. Learn more and submit: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...

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Lloyd Barba @elprofebarba.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Collabs w/ @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social are the best! Here’s another one and special thnx to @dissentmag.bsky.social !

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

In this Off The Page episode, host Leslie Hickman and author Seungsook Moon discuss her new book CIVIC ACTIVISM IN SOUTH KOREA. buff.ly/xQdmiUN @NewBooksNetwork

New off the page episode. February 12,2025 hosted by Leslie Hickman. It includes the cover of Civic Activism in South Korea: The Intertwining of Democracy and Neoliberalism, by Seungsook Moon, and a graphic of a play interface. It offers a 20% discount with code NBN20 at cup.columbia.edu.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

On a quieter note, on this anniversary of the end of the American war in Viet Nam, I think back to our arrival fifty years ago at Fort Indiantown Gap and then Harrisburg, PA. 1/3

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Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture @csraac.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Don't forget to submit your application for the 2025–2027 Young Scholars in American Religion cohort! All application materials must be received by the deadline of May 19. Learn more and apply here: raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/you...

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Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture @csraac.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Congrats to @judithweisenfeld.com on the publication of Black Religion in the Madhouse! Earlier this month we had a conversation with Judith and other leading scholars, find the conversation on many different platforms and check out some resources for learning/teaching these interesting topics!

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Helen Jin Kim @helenjinkim.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

“White evangelicals (56%) are also ‘the only religious group with majority support for militarized encampments for undocumented immigrants.’ Let that sink in.” 🤦🏻‍♀️ They need a real lesson in Ethnic Studies. Oh wait, they want to ban that.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

The best part of having a dog for the first time is learning that downward dog is literal!

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