Christopher Jones
@ccjones.bsky.social
Historian of religion, race, + society.
Editor, Journal of Mormon History.
Co-editor, Missionary Interests: Protestant + Mormon Missions in the 19th + 20th Centuries (Cornell UP, 2024).
Currently researching global history of religion + soccer.
Editor, Journal of Mormon History.
Co-editor, Missionary Interests: Protestant + Mormon Missions in the 19th + 20th Centuries (Cornell UP, 2024).
Currently researching global history of religion + soccer.
Missed last night’s group watch of episode 1 of PBS’s The American Revolution but am now watching with my 14yo, who is geeking out as much as I am.
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Missed last night’s group watch of episode 1 of PBS’s The American Revolution but am now watching with my 14yo, who is geeking out as much as I am.
Coming January 2026: Reunion: A Podcast about Family Histories.
@jstuart.bsky.social and I have been hard at work reading books and recording and editing episodes for this, and we can't wait to share it with you!
Additional info, including a separate feed, subscription link, + guest lineup, TBA.
@jstuart.bsky.social and I have been hard at work reading books and recording and editing episodes for this, and we can't wait to share it with you!
Additional info, including a separate feed, subscription link, + guest lineup, TBA.
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Coming January 2026: Reunion: A Podcast about Family Histories.
@jstuart.bsky.social and I have been hard at work reading books and recording and editing episodes for this, and we can't wait to share it with you!
Additional info, including a separate feed, subscription link, + guest lineup, TBA.
@jstuart.bsky.social and I have been hard at work reading books and recording and editing episodes for this, and we can't wait to share it with you!
Additional info, including a separate feed, subscription link, + guest lineup, TBA.
This won’t get the headlines NYC and Virginia and New Jersey are getting, but the local results of yesterday’s elections in Salt Lake County (which includes both blue SLC and purple and red suburbs) seem significant.
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This won’t get the headlines NYC and Virginia and New Jersey are getting, but the local results of yesterday’s elections in Salt Lake County (which includes both blue SLC and purple and red suburbs) seem significant.
Today in my Family + Law in American history class, we were scheduled to begin discussing immigration law. And then I learned BYU was hosting a naturalization ceremony at the exact time as our class, so we moved class here instead.
Few things remind me what I love about America as much as this.
Few things remind me what I love about America as much as this.
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Today in my Family + Law in American history class, we were scheduled to begin discussing immigration law. And then I learned BYU was hosting a naturalization ceremony at the exact time as our class, so we moved class here instead.
Few things remind me what I love about America as much as this.
Few things remind me what I love about America as much as this.
Local elections matter.
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Local elections matter.
Are you even staying in a Williamsburg hotel if your room doesn’t have a framed photo of George Washington?
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Are you even staying in a Williamsburg hotel if your room doesn’t have a framed photo of George Washington?
Partner and kids return tonight from a quick fall break getaway. I just finished installing new faucets in the kitchen and guest bathroom - a total surprise to them.
Please clap.
Please clap.
October 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Partner and kids return tonight from a quick fall break getaway. I just finished installing new faucets in the kitchen and guest bathroom - a total surprise to them.
Please clap.
Please clap.
Give em hell, Brigham. Give em hell.
October 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Give em hell, Brigham. Give em hell.
Your periodic reminder that, well, you know.
October 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Your periodic reminder that, well, you know.
Honored to receive (with @davidgolding.bsky.social) the Best Anthology Award from the John Whitmer Historical Association for Missionary Interests: Protestant and Mormon Missions in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (@cornellupress.bsky.social, 2024).
September 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Honored to receive (with @davidgolding.bsky.social) the Best Anthology Award from the John Whitmer Historical Association for Missionary Interests: Protestant and Mormon Missions in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (@cornellupress.bsky.social, 2024).
This very, very good boy woke me this morning at 4 am. Turns out my T1D daughter’s blood sugar levels were dangerously low and her CGM wasn’t transmitting those numbers to our phones.
Don’t know if he sensed her low sugars or it was just a coincidence, but I’m very grateful right now.
Don’t know if he sensed her low sugars or it was just a coincidence, but I’m very grateful right now.
September 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This very, very good boy woke me this morning at 4 am. Turns out my T1D daughter’s blood sugar levels were dangerously low and her CGM wasn’t transmitting those numbers to our phones.
Don’t know if he sensed her low sugars or it was just a coincidence, but I’m very grateful right now.
Don’t know if he sensed her low sugars or it was just a coincidence, but I’m very grateful right now.
Just drove by UVU on my way home.
September 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Just drove by UVU on my way home.
Let’s go, Buffalo!!
September 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Let’s go, Buffalo!!
Rafa turned 7 this weekend. His very favorite spot is curled up as close to me as possible.
He’s the first pet I’ve ever had. I still don’t think I’m a dog person, but he’s a very good boy.
He’s the first pet I’ve ever had. I still don’t think I’m a dog person, but he’s a very good boy.
September 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Rafa turned 7 this weekend. His very favorite spot is curled up as close to me as possible.
He’s the first pet I’ve ever had. I still don’t think I’m a dog person, but he’s a very good boy.
He’s the first pet I’ve ever had. I still don’t think I’m a dog person, but he’s a very good boy.
As a scholar of religion, this sort of paragraph (from the NYT story on Minnesota shooter Vance Boelter) makes zero sense, treating “religious fervor” and political ideology as if they’re two discreet categories easily distinguished from one another.
July 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
As a scholar of religion, this sort of paragraph (from the NYT story on Minnesota shooter Vance Boelter) makes zero sense, treating “religious fervor” and political ideology as if they’re two discreet categories easily distinguished from one another.
Just passed this billboard in Vegas. My 12yo asked if it was @benjaminepark.bsky.social. 😂
July 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Just passed this billboard in Vegas. My 12yo asked if it was @benjaminepark.bsky.social. 😂
Returned home to this waiting for me in the mailbox.
I read the manuscript before publication. It is phenomenal. Go order a copy today. @kawulf.bsky.social
I read the manuscript before publication. It is phenomenal. Go order a copy today. @kawulf.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Returned home to this waiting for me in the mailbox.
I read the manuscript before publication. It is phenomenal. Go order a copy today. @kawulf.bsky.social
I read the manuscript before publication. It is phenomenal. Go order a copy today. @kawulf.bsky.social
Visiting my alma mater (William & Mary) today, and was able to visit Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved, honoring (+ where possible, naming) the >200 Africans + African Americans enslaved by the College.
As someone who played just the tiniest role in the Lemon Project, this is so meaningful.
As someone who played just the tiniest role in the Lemon Project, this is so meaningful.
July 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Visiting my alma mater (William & Mary) today, and was able to visit Hearth: Memorial to the Enslaved, honoring (+ where possible, naming) the >200 Africans + African Americans enslaved by the College.
As someone who played just the tiniest role in the Lemon Project, this is so meaningful.
As someone who played just the tiniest role in the Lemon Project, this is so meaningful.
The James.
This always feels a little bit like heading home.
This always feels a little bit like heading home.
July 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The James.
This always feels a little bit like heading home.
This always feels a little bit like heading home.
Today was a good day.
July 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Today was a good day.
I’ve been waiting 9 years to visit. The day is finally here.
July 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I’ve been waiting 9 years to visit. The day is finally here.
Duck swimming in the tidal basin with reflection of Jefferson memorial in the top left.
July 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Duck swimming in the tidal basin with reflection of Jefferson memorial in the top left.