Samuel Perry

I am so thrilled to share that my next book, "Fill the Earth and Subdue It: Religion, Power, and American Pronatalism" is under contract with Princeton University Press. My goal is to have it in your hands by early 2028. @princetonupress.bsky.social @sssreligion.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social

Extremely excited to open up my email to learn that my paper from my new project is now formally accepted at the American Sociological Review! It's entitled "Energetic Affordances: Climate Change and Industrial Transformation." The abstract is below. I can't wait for this to be out in the world!

This is hard to believe. These bishops didn't realize that the photo op is the entire point of the President's team setting up stuff like this? Did they think Trump just wanted some private prayer cuz he's such a spiritual guy? I won't insult these bishops by believing they're that effing stupid.

He is so close to getting it

I appreciate how the Institute for Family Studies avoids the fearmongering and hysterics so many conservative organizations resort to when raising money.

Just received the author copies for my book Is Faith Feminine? What Americans Really Think About Gender and Religion global.oup.com/academic/pro...

And I'm serious here: if you teach a Social Problems course, DO NOT spend all your time complaining about how the world is so bad. Show your students that human societies can make the world better, that we have done that in the past, and we can do that in the future with knowledge & political will.

This is something I drill into my Social Problems students. If we can't point to a proven track record of applying science & political will to making life better, what the f*** are we doing? The answer to this question is: so many things. The world really is less sick, violent, ignorant, and poor.

“Toxic Empathy” author Allie Beth Stuckey is now asking for folks to understand that ICE has separated a good man from his family over a paperwork issue.

My fear is that if Talarico and Paxton go into election day neck-and-neck then it'll be Paxton by a comfortable margin simply because of Bradley effect. Many Texas Christians will be embarrassed to tell pollsters they'll vote for Paxton, but come election day, they'll do what they always do.

Who are these pastors? Anyone identify them all?

Among the numerous shameful things about this post from Graham is that it's premised on lies. Most Democrats do actually favor secure borders (they just also want pathways to citizenship). Most Democrats support voter ID laws.

Incidentally, I attribute much of the disinterest in religion among sociologists to this phenomenon. I call it "reverse mesearch." Just like we assume stuff that's relevant to us personally must be worthy of study, we assume stuff that's irrelevant to us personally is surely not worth anyone's time.

What “pro-life” victory has meant in Idaho.

"But how can we know what Muslims believe? By talking to any of the millions of them living in the US? That feels like a slippery slope that would take away my unflinching confidence to call for organized persecutions of other faiths that’s fueled primarily by my total non-understanding of them."

You can view the panel discussion over new findings from the @prri.org American Values Survey and its implications for the midterms by registering here and watching online. Or attending in DC if you're around. www.brookings.edu/events/new-s...

From the new 2026 American Values Survey by @prri.org. Support for Trump down for almost every group (except Jewish Americans) from last year. But notice White evangelicals, down 10% and still 66% approve of the job he's doing. Check out the PRRI report today here: www.brookings.edu/events/new-s...

No mention of @marisakabas.bsky.social discovering his identity. No credit for her investigative work at all.

It's hard not to pair this moral panic with the burgeoning moral panic about adult children not giving their parents the grandchildren those parents feel entitled to. (This is separate from the general moral panic over low birth rates). rcobooth.substack.com/p/on-prospec...

🗓️ 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬? On 12/3, I'm hosting a free, 1 hr. online seminar called, "Doing Better Survey Experiments" from 1pm - 2pm (ET). Please help spread the word if you can! 🙏 instats.org/seminar/doin...

This is the context in which pronatalists - including those in this administration - are exhorting women to have more children.

No Kings in Washington Square Park.

Think that every time I'm walking down 64th and I see these things sticking out of windows in a 5 story townhome that goes for $8 million. Like, really?

The kind of AI slop I hate the most is nature photos and videos. Their very existence means I can no longer enjoy photos or videos of anything cuz I'm just doubting the whole time whether any of it's real anymore. Got pic of a cat doing something awesome? No you didn't. Or did you? IDK. That sucks.

"I intentionally call him by the wrong name because it just sounds more racist, see?"

Check out our article on Christian nationalism and government spending views (w/ Lena Kunjan, Forrest Lovette, & @profsamperry.bsky.social)! I'm also on the 2026–27 academic job market! I study political sociology, intergroup relations, and immigration using quantitative and computational methods.

Every election cycle for ten years has had some version of this narrative: Will evangelicals prioritize party and right-wing values to vote for the devil or will they stay home this time? And every time they choose the devil. Surest bet in politics. www.cnn.com/2026/10/13/p...

My kid has started a Letterboxd list called Killer Sweaters for films where the killer wears a great sweater and they've asked me to throw it out to Bluesky for more because "that's the kind of thing those weirdos like to do"

More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4d

A live look at the Leopards Eating Faces Party convention

Is America in a demographic crisis? Demographers don’t think so. I conducted a survey of U.S. demographers, and this is what I found: 3%: “The low birth rate is a demographic crisis” 25%: "serious concern” 53%: "should be monitored, but no intervention necessary” 20% :“not a problem at all.”

These people have an incredibly limited grasp of biblical theology, and a grotesquely weak hermeneutic. This is what Christian nationalism looks like in practice. It’s eisegesis all the way down.

I don’t necessarily hate the Wall Street Journal’s actual journalism. But their op-ed section might as well be Newsmax or Hannity. Just MAGA bootlickers and trolls.

How do people decide how many children to have and when to stop? It's complicated! Lots of sociologists/demographers in this piece, including yours truly & @srhayford.bsky.social.

Hey hey -- it's publication day! Couldn't be more excited for this to be out in the world. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

"...parenthood significantly reduces women’s PhD completion rates, citation impact, and academic job retention, while leaving men’s trajectories largely unaffected."

What does it mean that Christian Nationalists support democracy at the same rates as Americans as a whole? Looking at data from the Democracy for All Project, research fellow @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social sees a national disconnect over the meaning of democracy. tinyurl.com/yc47a7ck

You know that deep muscle soreness you've felt when you've really pushed yourself in the weightroom or went extra long on that morning run? Being consistently active in your mid-forties means feeling that way all the time. Soreness is the baseline for you now.

“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...

Now he’s gone too far www.tpr.org/government-p...