sociologists (of religion) have not done it better

dear friends,

usually i use this little interweb soapbox to tell you why sociologists are better than journalists and/or generally wonderful. however, today i alert you to two areas that have not adequately been addressed by sociologists of religion (so far as i can tell):

1) the relationship between african american muslims and immigrant muslims. very interesting article in the nytimes.

2) the discernment process in the catholic church (god or the girl via netflix)

ironically, i have been searching for a soc of religion dissertation topic and feeling like the area is sort of saturated at this point. the irony is that i am not the sociologist to tackle either of those topics. i lack the cultural capital to enter the field in the first and well the second is a whole other story.

don't judge me for watching god or the girl!
cam