RUTH BRAUNSTEIN
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public talks

Public talks will be added here when they are scheduled! In the meantime, you can find me on Twitter @RuthBraunstein. Come say hi! 

​To the right, view a December 2021 webinar titled, "The moral meanings of fiscal earmarking: War taxes, patriotism, and resistance," organized by Research in Sociology of Religion (ISOR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona & Centre for Religion, Conflict & Globalization, University of Groningen. This webinar draws from my current book project, My Tax Dollars. 

You can also view a video of September 30, 2022 panel discussion at the Yale University  conference on "White Christian Nationalism and the Midterm Elections," featuring  me, Annika Brockschmidt, Anthea Butler and Jeffrey Sharlet discussing: Why have Christian Nationalists taken an authoritarian turn?
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recent press coverage

"Why a Group of Christians Is Fighting the Growing Threat of Christian Nationalism" By Vera Bergengruen, Time Magazine

"
In Branson, God and country serve as red, white and blue comfort food" By Bob Smietana, Religion News Service.

"The Religious Right's Agenda is Center Stage Again -- And Its As Unpopular as Ever" by Paul Blumenthal, Huffington Post.

"Opinon: The MAGA Formula Is Getting Darker and Darker" by Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times.

"Opinion: What Role Will Religion Play in the Midterm Primaries?" by Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter.

"Opinion: How America's Youth Lost Its Religion in the 1990s," by Ryan Burge, Religion News Service.
 
"Opinion: This religious season reminds us of faith’s liberating promise," by E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post.

"Ahead of the Trend: Scholar: America is still reacting to the religious right, in more ways than one," by Jack Jenkins,
Religion News Service.

recent public writing

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Braunstein, Ruth. 2022. "Anti-IRS fearmongering, ‘law and order’ and the GOP,” New York Daily News

Braunstein, Ruth. 2022. "How the threat of ‘taxpayer-funded abortion’ is being used to mobilize conservative religious voters,” The Conversation

Braunstein, Ruth. 2022. "How did Republican fearmongering about an IRS ‘shadow army’ go mainstream?" The Guardian

Braunstein, Ruth. 2022. "The backlash against rightwing evangelicals is reshaping American politics and faith," The Guardian

Braunstein, Ruth. 2021. "Georgia on My Mind: American Christianity between Mythology and Prophecy." Series on "Faith and the American Insurrection." Berkley Forum. 

Braunstein, Ruth. 2019. "Making Budgets Moral Again." Series on "The Religious Left: Memory, Trajectory, Relevance." The Immanent Frame.

Braunstein, Ruth. 2018. "Political Myopia and Prophetic Vision." Series on "Is This All There Is?" The Immanent Frame.

Braunstein, Ruth. 2018. "Good Troublemakers." Series on "American Religion, Humility and Democracy." The Immanent Frame.
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podcast appearances

November 15, 2021 | "A Theory of Political Backlash" Sociology of Religion Podcast

February 22, 2021 | "The Nostalgic Myths that Drive MAGA Nation with Dr. Ruth Braunstei‪n ” Straight White American Jesus Podcast. 

March 26, 2020 | “Connecting Religion and Money in History & Today,” Center for Theological Inquiry Podcast. 

January 2, 2020 |  “Prophets and Patriots,” Series on the Religious Left. Straight White American Jesus Podcast. 

September 20, 2018 | Episode 16: Faith & Activism on the Political Divide, d'Archive on WHUS Radio, hosted by Graham Stinnett.  

September 21, 2017 | Prophets and Patriots, New Books in Political Science Podcast, hosted by Heath Brown. 

June 12, 2014 | ASR: The Role of Bridging Cultural Practices in Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse Civic Organizations, SAGE Sociology Podcast, with Brad R. Fulton
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