Sightings Articles

religious affiliation | religious ethics | syncretism

What is Religious Appropriation and Why Does it Matter?

Accusations of cultural appropriation are increasingly common. But as a religious ethicist, I am not sure that is a good thing....

September 9, 2022

American religion | Holy Week | New York Times | secularization thesis | syncretism

Religio-Secular... Again

A thesis about religion in American public life, which is Sightings’s interest: the “secularization thesis” is helpful when one is explaining change in religious institutions, practices, ideas, and influence. But it has its limits. The presumably con...

April 24, 2017