Tricia C. Bruce, PhD

That was the headline for a front page article capturing my recent conversation with local reporter Amy Beth Miller of the Daily Times. Though my first book (Faithful Revolution) came out six years ago, its lessons reverberate anew in the… Continue reading

Recent allegations against high profile celebrities expose a culture of harassment that is not isolated, but systemic. Hear my analysis on WBIR-Knoxville of what this means and what may come next: Continue reading

I am grateful for the invitation to participate in a three-year fellowship colloquium with an interdisciplinary group of scholars thinking about Catholicism and the Common Good. Participating fellows include: Jennifer Beste Associate Professor of Theology Koch Chair for Catholic Thought… Continue reading

Women mobilized this weekend around the pain and power of #MeToo, sharing their own harrowing stories of harassment and abuse. I joined WBIR to contextualize the mobilization in the context of “flash activism,” a concept first introduced by social movement… Continue reading

As always, I had an enriching experience at the annual meetings of SSSR (the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion). My participation this year included: Organizing an author-meets-critics session for the new book Catholic Parishes in the 21st Century… Continue reading

I sat down recently with Brandon Hollingsworth of WUOT (Knoxville’s NPR-Affiliate) to discuss my most recent book, Parish and Place: Making Room for Diversity in the American Catholic Church. The description from WUOT’s website reads: For decades, where Catholics went… Continue reading

WBIR television station invited me on recently to comment on a new PEW report showing ever-greater divides between Democrats and Republicans on key social issues. View our exchange here.   Continue reading

The October 2017 issue of Religion Watch includes a nice summary of Parish and Place, reposted below: Parish and Place (Oxford University Press, $24.95), by Tricia Colleen Bruce, provides an in-depth look at the phenomena of personal parishes in the Catholic… Continue reading

An article from the National Catholic Register on community life in the US includes insights on bonding and bridging capital distilled from my book, Parish and Place. Here’s an excerpt, written by National Catholic Register contributor Nicholas Wolfram Smith: ************… Continue reading