Articles

Public Scholarship

The Bulwark, “What Pete Hegseth’s Spiritual Mentor Wants for America” (March 18, 2026).

Le Monde, “In the US, Christian nationalism contributes to the dismantling of democracy” (February 6, 2026).

The Conversation, “Why the religious beliefs of Trump defense pick Pete Hegseth matter” (December 2024).

The Conversation, “Patriarchy and purity culture combine to silence women in the Southern Baptist Convention — and are blocking efforts to address the sexual abuse scandal” (June 14, 2022).

The Conversation, “How the ‘extreme abstinence’ of the purity movement created a sense of shame in evangelical women” (December 10, 2019).

Religion Dispatches archive.

HuffPost archive.

Academic

“From Christian Reconstruction to Christian Nationalism: What the Media Need to Know about the 75-Year Effort to Establish Theocracy in the U.S.” Journal of Media and Religion 23 (2024), pp. 38–49.

“What if Everything’s ‘Religious?’ Classification and Power in North American Christian Nationalism.” Forthcoming, 2025.

“America’s Holy Trinity: How Conspiracism, Apocalypticism, and Persecution Narratives Set Us up for Crisis.” Journal of Religion and Violence 10(1), 2022.

“Contested Authority: Evangelicalism as a Cultural System.” 2021.

“Martyrs and Demons: the Making of a Christian Martyr.” 2021.

“Classification Matters: Hiding Violence in Christianity in the United States.” Journal of Religion and Violence 7(3), 2019.