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Oct 16, 2024

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Gerardo Martí

Nov 17, 2023

My students said, “Can we have a picnic in class?”

So the next time they brought blankets and snacks, enough for everyone (small class), and we sat on the floor while they used their iPads and computers to work thru material on immigration and deportation.

One student said, “Best. Class. Ever.”

Gerardo Martí

Nov 16, 2023

Among 5 most recently cited articles

Latinx Protestants and American Politics
Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review
83(1) Spring 2022 Pp. 1–11

LINK 👉 https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srab054

Latinx Protestants and American Politics

Abstract. The rise in the proportion of Latinx Protestants in the United States may be coinciding with an increased alignment with neoliberal political agendas—

OUP Academic

Gerardo Martí

Nov 15, 2023

“I grant that the pedagogical moves I’ve detailed won’t stem the tide of White Christian Nationalism nor White Christofacism.”

“I share them with hope they spark other ideas among Christian educators to help students see White Jesus and how they’ve internalized him.” https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2023/11/helping-students-see-white-jesus/

Helping Students See White Jesus

Many of our students find a non-White Jesus “wrong” or “disgusting” because technologies like picture books have trained them to see Jesus as White...

Anxious Bench

Slow, good read

“Belief in Trump’s anointing was widespread in the runup to the 2020 election and has declined considerably since…

“It has more staying power among Republicans, Christian nationalists, and apocalyptics – in ascending order.”

LINK 👉 https://religioninpublic.blog/2023/11/10/is-trump-still-anointed-by-god/

Is Trump Still Anointed by God?

By Paul A. Djupe It was strange enough that religious conservatives embraced Donald Trump once he became the Republican front-runner in early 2016, but for some that embrace went a whole lot furthe…

Religion in Public

Gerardo Martí

Nov 9, 2023

FORTHCOMING — 2023 ASR Presidential Address

"Racial Justice and Racialized Religion: Are Progressive White Christians Getting It Right?"

Excerpt of article soon appearing in Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review 👇

Gerardo Martí

Nov 8, 2023

Part of my reading today • published by Princeton

Gerardo Martí

Nov 3, 2023

Still relevant as we move into 2024

“The Unexpected Orthodoxy of Donald J. Trump: White Evangelical Support for the 45th President of the United States”

Gerardo Martí

Sociology of Religion 80(1) Spring 2019 pp 1-8

👉 https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/sry056

The Unexpected Orthodoxy of Donald J. Trump: White Evangelical Support for the 45th President of the United States

Abstract. By now, most political observers have absorbed the pervasiveness of white Evangelical support for Donald J. Trump not only in the 2016 presidential el

OUP Academic

Gerardo Martí

Nov 3, 2023

Updated yard sign

Faculty Webpage	https://www.davidson.edu/people/gerardo-marti
Curriculum Vitae	https://www.davidson.edu/media/1669/download?attachment
Academia.edu Publication Excerpts	https://davidson.academia.edu/GerardoMarti
Researchgate Profile	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gerardo-Marti