Participant Info
- First Name
- Jana
- Last Name
- Riess
- Country
- United States
- State
- OH Ohio
- riess.jana@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Religion News Service
- Website URL
- www.janariess.com
- Keywords
- Mormonism, women's history, sociology of religion, women and religion, sectarian movements, NRMs, Millennials
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Jana Riess holds a PhD in American religious history from Columbia University and is a senior columnist for Religion News Service (https://janariess.religionnews.com/category/opinion/columns/jana-riess/). The best way to reach her is through the contact form at her RNS column.
She is the author or co-author of many books, including The Next Mormons: How Millennials Are Changing the LDS Church (Oxford, 2019) and Mormonism and American Politics (Columbia University Press, 2016).
- Recent Publications
The Next Mormons: How Millennials Are Changing the LDS Church (Oxford, 2019)
The Prayer Wheel: A Daily Guide to Renewing Your Faith with a Rediscovered Spiritual Practice (Penguin Random House/Convergent, 2018)
Mormonism and American Politics (Columbia University Press, 2016)
The Twible: All the Chapters of the Bible in 140 Characters or Less . . . Now with 68% More Humor! (2013)
Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor (Paraclete, 2011)
- Media Coverage
- See https://janariess.com/media/ for links to interviews with NPR, Publishers Weekly, Fox News, the New York Times, and other media outlets.
- Social Media
- @janariess
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century, 20th century, 21st century
- Expertise by Topic
- Children & Youth, Religion, Women
