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Samuel Perry

@profsamperry

Social Scientist | Contributor @TIME | Recent Books: Taking America Back for God; The Flag & The Cross | Coming Soon: Religion for Realists | CV: https://t.co/ZDjbClLFzl

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Tim Dunn wrote an op-ed. It fully ignores his push to impose of one expression of religion on all and focuses instead on attempting to dismiss a label he doesn’t like.

It’s EXACTLY what Andrew Whitehead - American Idols Podcast and Samuel Perry were talking about

midlandtimes.com/stories/658009…!

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John Arnold(@JohnArnoldFndtn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Now confirmed with data. Forbes surveyed managers with hiring authority. When asked whether more/less likely to hire vs 5 years ago:
Ivy League: 7% more likely; 33% say less likely
Public univs: 42% more likely; 5% less likely
Selective privates: 37% more likely; 5% less likely

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I use examples like this to show students what a 'cohort effect' is & why knowing about them is critical to understanding religious trends. Look at all Americans & you'd see a slight decline on this measure. But that masks generational patterns that show an accelerating decline.

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Few education policy experts, and few journalists on that beat, really grasp how key school privatization is to *broader* Right-wing political aims.

It’s not just a policy debate. Anne Nelson Bad Faith documentary
theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…

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Privilege was all ours! Rev. Angela Denker is the rare combination of someone who's able to confront noxious theologies in her writing as a journalist/author, but also weekly in the trenches as pastor, preacher, and teacher. The lady bleeds love & influence.

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Incredibly moving & important documentary. Grateful for the courageous voices of Katherine Stewart Anne Nelson Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Samuel Perry & all the other amazing people (both in the film & not) who are doing work to draw public attention to dangers of Christian nationalism.

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A trend that replicates in several data sets as Ryan shows. One that not coincidentally maps onto shifts in ideological identity among young women and men in recent years.

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Charlie Sykes(@SykesCharlie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” Mark Twain probably never said. The quote’s attribution is apocryphal, but the point seems apt, because about 220 years later, Republicans face the same choice Hamilton did. They now have to decide whether felony charges,…

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Collins: Just to be clear, you're voting for someone who you believe tried to subvert the peaceful transfer of power, that can’t even achieve his own policies, that lied about the election, who is facing 88 criminal counts 

Barr: The answer the question is yes.

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