public talks
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Public talks will be added here when they are scheduled! In the meantime, you can find me on Twitter @RuthBraunstein. Come say hi!
I speak regularly to groups interested in learning more about Christian Nationalism and the rising tide of organized resistance to it. If you'd like me to speak to your group, please get in touch! Pictured at left: Speaking at the Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy, May 2024 |
recent press coverage
"Josh Hawley embraces Christian nationalism. What does it mean?" By Daniel Deroachers, Kansas City Star
"Ruth Braunstein: More organizations are recognizing the threat of Christian nationalism" By Chris Karnadi Faith & Leadership
"Christian nationalists have awoken a fierce Christian resistance movement: report" By Matthew Chapman, Raw Story
"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.
“In Defining ‘America,’ Students Critique, Criticize, and Warn of What Is and Could Be,” by Kimberly Phillips, UConn Today.
"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.
Josh Hawley embraces Christian nationalism. What does it mean? | Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star
"Ruth Braunstein: More organizations are recognizing the threat of Christian nationalism" By Chris Karnadi Faith & Leadership
"Christian nationalists have awoken a fierce Christian resistance movement: report" By Matthew Chapman, Raw Story
"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.
“In Defining ‘America,’ Students Critique, Criticize, and Warn of What Is and Could Be,” by Kimberly Phillips, UConn Today.
"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.
Josh Hawley embraces Christian nationalism. What does it mean? | Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star
recent talksView 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 public writing
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Braunstein, Ruth. 2023. "Mike Johnson embodies evangelicals’ embattlement strategy. It may be backfiring." November 6, Religion News Service.
Braunstein, Ruth. 2023. “Christian nationalists have provoked a pluralist resistance,” April 21, Religion News Service 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. |
podcast appearances
March 1, 2023 | "Evangelicals' Dangerous Amnesia" The Soul of the Nation with Jim Wallis
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
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
