Sociologist (religion & health) at Westmont, Harvard; book - Strange: Evangelicalism, Race, Politics, Abuse & Other Shadows Between Us. Baker Academic.https://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mydrutrvwk2uSelling your SpaceX and Tesla stock immediately is a moral imperative. Doesn't matter what you lose. Integrity matters more. Dump it.20 Oct 2026 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mydrutrvwk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3myamvfdb2224If you're not on X, good for you. All they have to offer are bribes and porn bots.19 Oct 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3myamvfdb2224https://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mxi3eqj5ek25Never forget that Russ Vought at one point said his goal was to traumatize the federal work force. Never forget that this same thing--traumatization--is the basic goal of the MAGA movement. It's a movement that knows only how to satisfy the most stunted members of our society...09 Oct 2026 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxi3eqj5ek25https://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mwtxqd7xf22bWorking hard to get this manuscript across the finish line. Coming 2027 from Baker Academic.01 Oct 2026 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtxqd7xf22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mwte3qkz522jThis is the Doris Miller memorial in Waco, TX. Miller was a hero of Pearl Harbor. The aircraft carrier supposed to be named after him may now be named after Trump instead. From an African American hero to a nepo baby r*pist who didn't serve a day. #disgraceful #DorisMiller01 Oct 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwte3qkz522jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mweedlty6s2cOath of office at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Trump took the same oath. And was lying through his teeth.25 Sep 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mweedlty6s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mwc4tzfgpk2tYou know your country worships Mammon and not God when the thing to actually tank Trump's approval rating is the cost of gas.24 Sep 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwc4tzfgpk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mvxlzvafxs2uI was asked to comment on a new study linking internet diffusion to declines in religiosity across 81 countries. It's a really interesting study worth reflecting on! https://www.psypost.org/new-study-links-the-spread-of-the-internet-to-a-global-decline-in-religious-identity/20 Sep 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvxlzvafxs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mvtf2j3odc2nBREAKING: President who constantly makes sh*t up accuses media of making sh*t up.19 Sep 2026 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtf2j3odc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mvt2w4m46222For many years I have felt a compelling vision of Jesus' "Kingdom of God" is central to an authentic Christian faith and witness. Five years ago I set out to design a measure of the Kingdom and place it on a national survey. https://substack.com/home/post/p-21633399518 Sep 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvt2w4m46222https://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mvsmntyzgc2iPsssst. Trump usually gets Wordle in six. Pass it on.18 Sep 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsmntyzgc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mvpyg557os2nAdverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) are one of the single biggest predictors of long-term ill health. This administration is inflicting trauma that will live in children's bodies forever. https://www.npr.org/2026/09/17/nx-s1-5953989/immigration-crackdown-children-medical-care17 Sep 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpyg557os2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mvb2tw6iks2sTime to stone the RNC folks for blasphemy? From the video trotted out: "God said....I need a shepherd to mankind who will never leave nor forsake them." That language is reserved for Jesus & Jesus alone. Good thing we're not a theocracy. We don't have blasphemy laws...yet.11 Sep 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb2tw6iks2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mv4xq63iwc2lTwo of the stupidest moves of the 21st century were electing Donald Trump president and selling Twitter to Elon Musk. Change those, change the world.10 Sep 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4xq63iwc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3muro26hhpc27"Given that the presidency is held by an oligarch who wishes the bring our republic to an end, a [midterm] victory of the opposition is a prerequisite for the maintenance of the rule of law and anything resembling political decency." -Timothy Snyder, leading expert on authoritarianism05 Sep 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muro26hhpc27https://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3muaelthwfs2tLake America is Fake America.29 Aug 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaelthwfs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3muaddi4dw222One day someone's gonna make a great kids book of the Billy Goats Gruff fable and a certain President is gonna be cast as the troll. Question is, who's gonna be the billy goats?29 Aug 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3muaddi4dw222https://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mtmabyqhws2wFamily are sending me videos of Christian manosphere types blaming everything on Muslims again. As a reminder: 1) the US played a big role in radicalizing Islam in the 20th century, and 2) 85-90% of victims of Islamic terrorism are...Muslim. It's all a ploy to keep you focused on the wrong targets.21 Aug 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmabyqhws2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mrpwxrsj7s2rI joined some colleagues on a study examining associations b/t childhood abuse & spiritual struggles as an adult (doubting God, etc.). Findings suggest regular yoga practice may help mitigate some of the associations. This points to the value of embodied practices (i.e., yoga) for spiritual health.28 Jul 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpwxrsj7s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mpydfeve7225The President's fragile ego is even more predictable than the weather.06 Jul 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpydfeve7225https://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mpyb4m3c5c2bI only want Balogun to play if he wears a big patch on his jersey that says "Birthright Citizen."06 Jul 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyb4m3c5c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mpuf4zyzyc24Tomorrow we're going to start hearing about how before the storm those were the biggest 250th celebrations crowds America has ever seen.05 Jul 2026 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpuf4zyzyc24https://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mpomlp6kzs25Apparently working together to manage a heat crisis is socialism. Real Americans (I guess) set their AC to 68 and crash the grid.02 Jul 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpomlp6kzs25https://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mpof6pjwos2i"The fun-house mirror version of the founding of the United States represents a deliberate attempt to forcibly baptize America and transform the nation into something that it isn’t and that the founders never intended it to be." https://www.ms.now/opinion/america-250-christian-nationalism-church-state?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email02 Jul 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpof6pjwos2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mpobabajg22bI had a dream last night where hundreds of civil servants in a room began refusing to praise Donald Trump. His reaction? He paused for a moment, then started reminding them of all the ways he helped them make money. And one by one they rejoined his circle.02 Jul 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpobabajg22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mpjvuva7ts2e"Politics were moving into uncharted territory, and there was no steady hand at the tiller of the state....No faction believed in the goodwill of any other. Discourse was conducted by insult and tirade." That's not America in 2026. That's Stephen Kinzer commenting on Iran in 1950.30 Jun 2026 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjvuva7ts2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mpjpz7dno22sMy round-up on 10 hot articles from the scientific study of religion on christian nationalism, pronatalism, gun ownership, and more. Please consider subscribing over there if you appreciate this work! https://blakevictorkent.substack.com/p/journal-for-the-scientific-study30 Jun 2026 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjpz7dno22shttps://bsky.app/profile/bvkent.bsky.social/post/3mphgcd5fb22b1.3 million of your fellow Americans have watched this already. Time to join the crew. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_95hPhu429 Jun 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:x22xuaco46v7x2zh5cbtt36s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mphgcd5fb22b