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Joseph Locke

@josephllocke.bsky.social
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Historian (Texas/Borderlands/Religion). Co-creator/editor of AmericanYawp.com. July 2026: One State Under God: A History of Religion in Texas (utpress.utexas.edu/9781477334201)

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Joseph Locke @josephllocke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Forthcoming article for Church History available now: “'Why Did Billy Graham Join the First Baptist Church in Dallas?': Billy Graham, Church Membership, and the Pursuit of National Power": doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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“Why Did Billy Graham Join the First Baptist Church in Dallas?”: Billy Graham, Church Membership, and the Pursuit of National Power | Church History | Cambridge Core
“Why Did Billy Graham Join the First Baptist Church in Dallas?”: Billy Graham, Church Membership, and the Pursuit of National Power
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Nicholas T. Pruitt @ntphistory.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Delighted to contribute to this and see the beta copy out. Do consider offering feedback on the draft and using it in the classroom when the final OER version is available. Shoutout to @josephllocke.bsky.social and @ben-wright.bsky.social for all their work on this. www.thunderinggods.com
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The Palace of Thundering Gods – An Open History of Religion in the United States
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Joseph Locke @josephllocke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In Austin later this week for Texas Tribune Fest (festival.texastribune.org). Come for the not-at-all-timely discussion of pluralism (book signing to follow!), stay for the Marjorie Taylor Greene keynote
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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 09/09/2026
I didn’t put up with 4 years of fish puns to not plug my grad school friend’s book on 19th century northern fisheries here. cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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The Liberty to Take Fish by Thomas Blake Earle | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
In The Liberty to Take Fish, Thomas Blake Earle offers an incisive and nuanced history of the long American Revolution, describing how aspirations to political freedom coupled with the economic impera...
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Omar Valerio-Jiménez @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Looking for Justice in Texas: A Century of Reckoning will be published by the University of Oklahoma Press this month. It contains eight fabulous essays about racial justice and policing. You may pre-order and use the code 18TEXAS26 for a 20% discount website: www.oupress.com/978080619723...
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Looking for Justice in Texas - University of Oklahoma Press
Communities of color have long been subject to extreme policing and surveillance in Texas.  Despite such formidable challenges, these communities have launc...
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American Society of Church History @aschurchhistory.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today's featured title: Joseph L. Locke, "One State Under God: A History of Religion in Texas," University of Texas Press, 2026 @utexaspress.bsky.social @josephllocke.bsky.social utpress.utexas.edu/9781477334201/
Joseph L. Locke, "One State Under God: A History of Religion in Texas," University of Texas Press, 2026
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Ben Johnson @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
the contempt for the dead, the living, the land, our history (spectacular and horrific) upon it. Just a gut punch. @refusing2forget.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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Trump’s Border-Wall Construction Is Set to Bulldoze the Porvenir Massacre Site
It is considered sacred ground for the descendants of those killed in a mass execution. The border wall threatens to erase it from history.
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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 10/08/2026
On my blog, I wrote about how America's museums are falling apart. The US has 20k+ museums, and most have historic buildings with leaky roofs, failing HVAC units, and flooding basements. What they don't have is money for repairs. Please read/share! 🧵 johngmarks.beehiiv.com/p/america-s-...
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America's Museums are Falling Apart
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Ben Johnson @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Great news on the freedom of speech/honest history front. JP Bryan’s specious lawsuit against the @historians.org and Carlos Blanton has been tossed. /1 file:///private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/8715AB9F-B356-40AB-B248-EBCBE4CC21C0/tmp/2026-07-30%252cReversedandRemandedOpinio1B8.pdf
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Ruth Graham @ruthgraham.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Dallas folks: I'll be talking with @josephllocke.bsky.social about his fascinating new book "One State Under God: A History of Religion in Texas" at Interabang tonight at 6pm. Come on out! interabangbooks.com/event/2026-0...
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ONE STATE UNDER GOD - Joseph Locke
The online webstore for a locally-owned independent bookstore in University Park, Dallas, TX.
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University of Texas Press @utexaspress.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Out now! ONE STATE UNDER GOD by Joseph L. Locke uncovers the sweeping history of religion in Texas—from Indigenous cave art and Tejano folk saints to the rise of modern Christian nationalism. A fast-paced look at how the Lone Star State’s spiritual path was blazed.
"One State Under God: A History of Religion in Texas" by Joseph L. Locke, published by the University of Texas press, lays on a wooden surface. The book cover features a blue-textured background with bold, white typography and a small graphic of a church steeple at the bottom right.An event flyer for the Joseph L. Locke Texas Book Tour for his book One State Under God: A History of Religion in Texas. The top section lists four tour dates in July at bookstores in Dallas, Austin, Houston, and San San Antonio. The bottom section displays the book cover alongside a praise quote from author Stephen Harrigan.
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Joseph Locke @josephllocke.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Official publication day for One State Under God! 40% off at UT Press (utpress.utexas.edu/9781477334201/) through July 31 with code UTXSUMMER (or Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1477334203).
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One State Under God
A broad and accessible history of religion in Texas, from prehistory to the present.From sprawling megachurches to religious billboards and towering steel cr...
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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Very pleased to appear in the new issue of the Journal of Texas History. My small piece is a bit of a rumination on a strange and moving item that appeared in the Galveston Daily News on September 16, 1900, eight days after a hurricane nearly destroyed the city. mavmatrix.uta.edu/journaltexas...
Ball High School in Galveston, Texas, after the storm. (G_1771.5_FF2_1, Galveston and Texas History Center, Rosenberg Library.)
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W. Caleb McDaniel @wcaleb.org · 10/07/2026
The full June 2026 issue of the open-access Journal of Texas History is out now from the Alliance for Texas History. It includes my article on “The First Juneteenth: Black Churches, Reconstruction Politics, and the Houston Origins of June 19 Celebrations.”
Cover of Volume 2, Issue 1, of the Journal of Texas History, including a photograph of a nineteenth-century newspaper article headlined "Freedmen's Celebration"
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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"Under the state’s fabled big sky, there’s always been room for a variety of gods. Yet the centuries-old struggle between their devotees continues—some seeking dominance, some jostling for their own place under the TX sun. [This book] is a superb, compelling, essential account of how we got here."
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University of Texas Press @utexaspress.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We're delighted to see Joseph Locke's ONE STATE UNDER GOD on this list! "A compelling chronicle of our religious landscape. . .ONE STATE UNDER GOD looks closely at our current religio-political landscape. . . And it offers readers a clear sense of how we arrived here." Preorder your copy today:
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One State Under God
A broad and accessible history of religion in Texas, from prehistory to the present.From sprawling megachurches to religious billboards and towering steel cr...
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