Andrew Ambrose Mackey
@andrewmackey.com
Former political candidate turned doctoral candidate at Creighton University. Sociolog-ish researching Christian Nationalism and digital rhetoric. Marketing & PR @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social. Comms Director @asareligion.bsky.social. Views are my own.
I have been in Aruba for a few hours and I’m going to need a NIL deal with Big Americans pizza.
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I have been in Aruba for a few hours and I’m going to need a NIL deal with Big Americans pizza.
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Section Chair @jlkucinskas.bsky.social joined a panel in the Netherlands on administrative ethics. The session examined the moral responsibility of civil servants in liberal democracies, 40 years after Dennis Thompson’s landmark PAR article. Organized by The Netherlands Institute of Governance.
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Section Chair @jlkucinskas.bsky.social joined a panel in the Netherlands on administrative ethics. The session examined the moral responsibility of civil servants in liberal democracies, 40 years after Dennis Thompson’s landmark PAR article. Organized by The Netherlands Institute of Governance.
As a former campaign comms person seeing this email makes me think “there but for the grace of God, go I”
November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
As a former campaign comms person seeing this email makes me think “there but for the grace of God, go I”
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We met up with @sssreligion.bsky.social recently in Minneapolis, Minnesota to ask "What Are You Working On?" Meet emerging scholars and familiar faces working on all things religious scholarship!
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We met up with @sssreligion.bsky.social recently in Minneapolis, Minnesota to ask "What Are You Working On?" Meet emerging scholars and familiar faces working on all things religious scholarship!
Collegeville, MN rules so hard y'all.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Collegeville, MN rules so hard y'all.
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I think I just experienced the most engaging and theoretically impressive presidential address in my career from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social at the annual meeting for the @sssreligion.bsky.social.
Legit masterful. Wish y'all could have experienced it.
Legit masterful. Wish y'all could have experienced it.
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I think I just experienced the most engaging and theoretically impressive presidential address in my career from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social at the annual meeting for the @sssreligion.bsky.social.
Legit masterful. Wish y'all could have experienced it.
Legit masterful. Wish y'all could have experienced it.
Hello! I'm coming up from the dissertation bunker to say that if you will be at SSSR I'll be putting together some fun Bluesky content with @dacuetovilla.bsky.social for the @asareligion.bsky.social account. COME TELL US WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON. We'd love to amplify some voices.
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Hello! I'm coming up from the dissertation bunker to say that if you will be at SSSR I'll be putting together some fun Bluesky content with @dacuetovilla.bsky.social for the @asareligion.bsky.social account. COME TELL US WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON. We'd love to amplify some voices.
If the American church wants to be taken with any seriousness by the Vatican they will not elect Barron to any leadership position. What a joke.
October 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If the American church wants to be taken with any seriousness by the Vatican they will not elect Barron to any leadership position. What a joke.
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UVA's Sociology department is looking to hire a tenured sociologist of religion at the Associate or Full level. Here is the advertisement. @sssreligion.bsky.social @asareligion.bsky.social
Details here: apply.interfolio.com/173879
Details here: apply.interfolio.com/173879
October 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
UVA's Sociology department is looking to hire a tenured sociologist of religion at the Associate or Full level. Here is the advertisement. @sssreligion.bsky.social @asareligion.bsky.social
Details here: apply.interfolio.com/173879
Details here: apply.interfolio.com/173879
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The ASA Religion Section extends our congratulations to @ntammerman.bsky.social on her election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences!!
www.amacad.org/person/nancy...
www.amacad.org/person/nancy...
Nancy T. Ammerman
Nancy T. Ammerman is Professor Emerita of Sociology of Religion at Boston University, having served as Chair of the Department (2007-2013) and Associate Dean for the Social Sciences (2015-2018).Her mo...
www.amacad.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The ASA Religion Section extends our congratulations to @ntammerman.bsky.social on her election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences!!
www.amacad.org/person/nancy...
www.amacad.org/person/nancy...
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The nice folks at @npr.org gave me a minute of their air to talk about Dilexi Te.
Listen to: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5563...
Listen to: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5563...
🔊 Listen Now: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty
All Things Considered on NPR One | 4:19
one.npr.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The nice folks at @npr.org gave me a minute of their air to talk about Dilexi Te.
Listen to: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5563...
Listen to: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5563...
Many of you know how much @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social’s work shaped my research on spiritual warfare. His book The Violent Take It By Force is essential reading.
The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy
The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy
bookshop.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Many of you know how much @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social’s work shaped my research on spiritual warfare. His book The Violent Take It By Force is essential reading.
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Pope Leo has given us his first teaching document today. It gives no comfort to the Napa Institute, billionaires, or anybody who wants a powerful or integralist church.
This below is the takeaway.
We go on in Francis's direction.
share.google/jLb2vAGT1c57...
This below is the takeaway.
We go on in Francis's direction.
share.google/jLb2vAGT1c57...
October 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Pope Leo has given us his first teaching document today. It gives no comfort to the Napa Institute, billionaires, or anybody who wants a powerful or integralist church.
This below is the takeaway.
We go on in Francis's direction.
share.google/jLb2vAGT1c57...
This below is the takeaway.
We go on in Francis's direction.
share.google/jLb2vAGT1c57...
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Intercessors for America’s “Propaganda Report” warns believers to spot manipulation—then models it. A civics lesson turns into spiritual warfare, complete with demons, distrust, and a link to partisan media. Read @andrewmackey.com’s newest here:
Faith, Fear, and the Free Gift of Propaganda
Intercessors for America’s “Propaganda Special Report” repackages media literacy as a weapon of spiritual warfare and political distrust.
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Intercessors for America’s “Propaganda Report” warns believers to spot manipulation—then models it. A civics lesson turns into spiritual warfare, complete with demons, distrust, and a link to partisan media. Read @andrewmackey.com’s newest here:
October 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
After a fantastic first month on Substack, Every Knee Shall Bend (eksb.org & @eksb.org) will be moving to weekly articles on Wednesday going forward. Thanks so much for subscribing and reading.
Every Knee Shall Bend | Andrew Ambrose Mackey | Substack
Examining the ideas, leaders, and cultural forces shaping Christian nationalism, and creating space for open, research-driven articles. Click to read Every Knee Shall Bend, a Substack publication.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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"The White House has taken an action that is sweeping in its rhetoric yet almost certainly empty of formal legal effect."
Such great work on #antifa by Thomas Brzozowski, shedding light on a critically important (and thorny) question for @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/you-...
Such great work on #antifa by Thomas Brzozowski, shedding light on a critically important (and thorny) question for @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/you-...
October 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"The White House has taken an action that is sweeping in its rhetoric yet almost certainly empty of formal legal effect."
Such great work on #antifa by Thomas Brzozowski, shedding light on a critically important (and thorny) question for @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/you-...
Such great work on #antifa by Thomas Brzozowski, shedding light on a critically important (and thorny) question for @lawfaremedia.org. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/you-...
This NY Times article has more about the OOO messaging war being waged.
Federal Agencies Use Official Websites to Blame Democrats for Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This NY Times article has more about the OOO messaging war being waged.
Always impressed by @julthomson.bsky.social’s work (giving all us doctoral candidates a good name!) With Mark Rozell they just published an important piece on the global challenges of protecting religious freedom for Ethos. PDF in English here czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/et...
October 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Always impressed by @julthomson.bsky.social’s work (giving all us doctoral candidates a good name!) With Mark Rozell they just published an important piece on the global challenges of protecting religious freedom for Ethos. PDF in English here czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/et...
This is my 16th time this year at a Midway layover and every time I walk around and then just get a Billy Goat Tavern cheezborger.
October 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is my 16th time this year at a Midway layover and every time I walk around and then just get a Billy Goat Tavern cheezborger.
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“Trad cath” is, weirdly, code for “unfamiliar with Catholicism”
Far-right Catholics freaking out about the Pope doing normal Pope things will always be entertaining.
The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?
The Pope blessed some water? Can you even imagine?
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“Trad cath” is, weirdly, code for “unfamiliar with Catholicism”