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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Read the July 2025 edition of the @ssrc.org Intersections newsletter to learn about our recent webinar on religion, gender, and populism, as well as the conclusion of our essay forums! #polrel #polisky #academicsky

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

April 2025 Newsletter | Check out the latest edition of Intersections' newsletter: www.linkedin.com/pulse/explor... Essays on Religion and Civic Engagement; Religion and AI | The Global Flourishing Study launch at Gallup headquarters | A public webinar on Religion, Gender, and Populism

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

WHAT: Official launch of the Global Flourishing Study at Harvard + conversation WHEN: April 30 2025 WHERE: Gallup Headquarters, Wash. DC WHO: Harvard, Institute for the Study of Religion (Baylor University), and the Center for Open Science More info: globalflourishingstudy.com

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Join us 11/23, at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Organized by the SSRC, a panel of esteemed experts will discuss the importance of expanding public involvement with religion. The session will also highlight our new religion & int'l affairs platform. #polrel #academicsky #phdchat

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,468,467!

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #2,468,467, Religion & the Public Sphere ‪@religionssrc.bsky.social‬, joined on Dec 11, 2023"

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

Intersections' field review for "Religion in the Digital Age" is authored by Johanna Sumiala (Univ. of Helsinki). She asks, "What does it mean to be dead? What are digital souls?" Read the full essay: shorturl.at/GMyBc #religion #socialtheory #philosophy #science

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

Intersections' field review for "Religion and Democracy" is authored by Neilesh Bose (Univ. of Victoria). He writes, "Religion and nation need not be understood only from the vantage point of the powerful and majoritarian." Read the full essay: shorturl.at/k6cEo #polisky #polrel #academicsky

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

Erin K. Wilson and Franzisca Beeken's "Climate Futures" field review on Intersections argues, "Climate change demands new ways of knowing the world, beyond our secular and state-centric beliefs." Read the full essay: shorturl.at/1dt9v #greensky 🌍 #polrel #polisky #academicsky

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

Allow us to introduce one of our current Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellows: Maro Youssef, an Arab-American immigrant, scholar, and public sociologist who focuses on the Middle East. [1/3] #academicsky #polrel

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 29/05/2024

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Intersections launch event, "Religion and the Future of Democracy." Thanks also to our distinguished panelists Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta and Dr. David Buckley as well as our moderator Dr. Melissa Deckman. [1/2] #polrel #academisky #polisky

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 29/05/2024

Every week, the Religion and the Public Sphere program at the Social Science Research Council will highlight another member of our Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellows' network. [4/4]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 29/05/2024

[2/4] Dr. Noureldin's research and lectures offer a window into the lives of communities at the crossroads of race, religion, and identity in America. As an RSDR fellow, she developed her PhD dissertation: "From Incarceration to Imancipation: Blackamerican Muslim Conversion and Reentry." [2/4]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 29/05/2024

Today, we'd like to spotlight one of our 2021-22 Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellows: Dr. Laila H. Noureldin, visiting assistant professor at Occidental College and Loyola Marymount Univ. [1/4] #academicsky #polrel

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 23/05/2024

Today | The Social Science Research Council is proud to launch our website that explores religion as it converges with ecology, democracy, digital technology, and policy formation---Intersections. Details for the launch event below #greensky 🌍 #polrel #polisky #academisky #publicpolicy #religion

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 23/05/2024

Melissa Decknan (@melissadeckman.bsky.social), CEO of the @prripoll.bsky.social will serve as the moderator for today's webinar, "Religion and the Future of Democracy." There's still time to register at tinyurl.com/intersectionslaunch #polrel #polisky #academicsky #socialtheory

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 23/05/2024

Allow us to introduce the second panelist for today's launch event for the Intersections platform, "Religion and the Future of Democracy." Joining us will be David T. Buckley, Director of the Center for Asian Democracy at the University of Louisville. #polrel #polisky #academicsky #socialtheory

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 20/05/2024

Today, we want to highlight the first of our panelists for Thursday's "Religion and the Future of Democracy" webinar: Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Laurence S. Rockefeller Visiting Prof. at Princeton University. Read below for more info and to register for the webinar. #polrel #polisci #academicsky [1/2]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Intersections, the SSRC's new website dedicated to religion & international affairs, will explore four distinct research areas. One of them is Policy Focus. To learn more, register for the platform's official launch event. Details below. #academicsky #publicpolicy #governance #polrel

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Intersections, the SSRC's new website dedicated to religion & international affairs, will explore four distinct research areas. One of them is Religion in the Digital Age. To learn more, register for the platform's official launch event next Thursday. Details below. #academicsky #socialtheory

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Intersections, the SSRC's new website dedicated to religion & international affairs, will explore four distinct research areas. One of them is Religion & Democracy. To learn more, register for the platform's official launch event. Details below. #polisky #academicsky #socialtheory

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

Intersections, the SSRC's new website dedicated to religion & international affairs, will explore four distinct research areas. One of them is Climate Futures. To learn more, register for the platform's official launch event. #greensky #polrel #academisky 🌏 [1/2]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

[4/4] Her research intertwines political theory and international relations to address global questions on religion and politics. Every week, we will spotlight new members of our Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal network.

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

[3/4] During her RSDR fellowship at the SSRC, her research project was entitled "Freeing Religion: Deconstructing/Decolonizing Religious Freedom and Secularism in the Americas." Similarly, her dissertation studies the politics of religious freedom and secularism in the Americas.

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

Today, the Religion & the Public Sphere program at the SSRC would like to highlight one of our Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellows: Ely Orrego Torres, a member of our 2022-2023 cohort [1/4]. #academicsky #phdsky #polrel #polisky

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

Announcement | Next week we launch Intersections, a platform dedicated to research on religion and global affairs. Its areas of focus are Religion & Democracy, Climate Futures, Digital Religion, and Policy Focus. #polrel #polisky #academicsky #greensky Questions? Email us - intersections@ssrc.org.

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

[4/4] The Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellowship supports the work of early career scholars who explore the relationship between religion, spirituality, and democratic engagement. Watch this space as we highlight a new member of our network each week.

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

[2/4] Dr. Gaiters' scholarly work involves the exploration of religion and race through Black progressive social movements and cultures in America. His research project with the RSDR program at the SSRC was entitled, "Black Lives Matter Revives the Role of the Sacred in the Public Sphere."

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

Today, we'd like to introduce Seth Emmanuel Gaiters, a 2022-2023 fellow of our Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal program. Dr. Gaiters is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. [1/4] #academicsky #polrel

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 06/05/2024

Templeton Religion Trust is inviting letters of intent from scholars of all disciplines to study the social consequences of religion. Those interested must send in their LOI's by June17th. Send letters and questions to sparcc.rfp@gmail.com. Details: rb.gy/zo5nbd #polrel #academicsky #polisky

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

Expanding on that line of research, her dissertation project, “Miss Lucy and Her Allies: Religious Faith, Social Justice, and the Multi-Generational Struggle for a Democratic South, 1880-1964,” examines how social faith, ideas of democracy and civil rights, sustain durable activist networks. [3/3]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

The research project she conducted as a 2021-2022 RSDR Fellow was entitled, "Saving the South: Social Gospel and the White Middle-Class Quest for Democratic Redemption." [2/3]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

This week, we are spotlighting Mary Bathory Vidaver, a Ph.D. Candidate in History at The University of Mississippi with degrees in religion and theology from Harvard Divinity School and Yale Divinity School [1/3]. #academicsky

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

[4/4] Each week, RPS will spotlight another member of our growing network of Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Scholars.

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

[3/4] Dr. Philips' upcoming book will be "Debating Religious Difference," exploring the geopolitics of defining religious difference in the context of the global war on terror.

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

Today, we want to spotlight Miray Philips, one of our RSDR from the 2022-2023 cohort. Dr. Miray Philips is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the Univ of Toronto. #academicsky #socsky #polirel [1/4]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

[3/3] In May, we will also be launching a new platform called Intersections, which will be dedicated to religion and international affairs. Its content examines four research areas: Religion & Democracy, Climate Futures, Policy, and Religion in the Digital Age. #polirel #polisky #greensky

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

[2/3] The Immanent Frame is an online forum of the RPS program at the Social Science Research Council that examines religion and secularism in public life.

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

INTERSECTIONS - A new digital platform dedicated to Religion and Internat'l Affairs will launch in May! The site will house 16 years of research and programming in the field funded by the Luce Foundation. It will also produce new research, essay forums, dialogues, and dialogues. #polisky [1/2]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

[4/4] Each week, RPS will spotlight another member of our growing network of Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Scholars.

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

[2/4] Her research focuses on far-right politics, media worlds, and Orthodox Christianity. Her RSDR research project was entitled, "Democratic Apostates: Conversion to Russian Orthodoxy in the Trump-Putin Era."

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

This week, we want to spotlight Dr. Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, one of our 2020-21 RSDR Fellows. an Assistant Professor of Religion and Anthropology and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s, Gender, &Sexuality Studies Program at Northeastern University. She has a PhD in Anthropology from NYU. [1/4]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 09/04/2024

Every week, Religion & the Public Sphere will be highlighting the work of another fellow from our Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Program. Take a look at last week's spotlights of Dr. Emily K. Frazier and Dr. Evan Stewart. [4/4]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 09/04/2024

Her first book, "Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire," is forthcoming with NYU Press, and examines how American theopolitical imaginaries of global Christian persecution have remapped Coptic collective memory of martyrdom in migration. [2/4]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 09/04/2024

Today, we'd like to highlight the work of one of our 2020-2021 RSDR Fellows: Dr. Candace Lukasik. She is a sociocultural anthropologist of transnational migration, indigeneity, violence, and memory drawing on ethnographic + archival methods between the Middle East and the US. [1/4] #religiousstudies

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

This upcoming book examines how changes in nonreligion and spirituality are part of a unique rise in religious pluralism in the US, one that has the potential to renew our engagement with democracy and community life in an era of political polarization. [4/4]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

"The Political Potential of Religious Pluralism" is Stewart's new book project funded by the SSRC RSDR fellowship. [3/4]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

Today, we're highlighting the work of one of our current Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellows: Dr. Evan Stewart. He is an assistant professor of sociology at UMass Boston where he researches the social forces that bring diverse groups of people together and break them apart. [1/4]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

Frazier is a past fellow of the SSRC Religion, Spirituality and Democratic Renewal program, and a current Public Fellow of the Public Religion Research Institute. Every week, RPS will spotlight different members of our Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal network. [4/4]

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Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

Her work addresses the intersections of immigration and American religion through a focus on faith-based humanitarianism and resettlement. [2/4]

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