Sightings
Reporting and commenting on the role of religion in public life.
Is the Climate Crisis a Secular Eschatology?
What does religion have to do with climate change activism?
The Blinding Idol
By Daniel OwingsDaniel Owings discusses the shortcomings of idolatry imagery for understanding Donald Trump
October 17, 2019
How Evangelicalism is Shaping College Football
By Ben SheppardConsidering Evangelicalism's role in shaping the economy of college football.
September 26, 2019
Remembering Gandhi in a Critical Age
By Russell P. JohnsonGandhi insisted on the power of each individual to contribute something to the realization of truth and freedom.
September 30, 2019
Kondo and Kuyō: Disposal as a Religious Experience?
By Hannah GouldWhat's religious (and what's not) about KonMari?
February 14, 2019
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The Blinding Idol
By Daniel OwingsAfter Donald Trump won a presidential election with strong support from white evangelical Christians, it has become somewhat commonplace to depict him...
October 17, 2019
Searching for Hope
By Martin E. Marty“Sightings,” on which this column depends, are instances of seeing or catching sight of something, typically something unusual or rare, in this case, ...
October 14, 2019
The Cost of Mormon Complementarianism
By Elizabeth BrociousOn October 2, the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints informed members through email that they have changed the policy...
October 10, 2019
Religious Discrimination: The Australian Debate
By Peter SherlockIn August 2019 the Australian Government released a draft Religious Discrimination Bill for consultation. The bill, which aims “to eliminate, so far a...
October 7, 2019
Is the Climate Crisis a Secular Eschatology?
By Evan F. KuehnThe Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg’s yearlong campaign for transnational solutions to the global climate crisis gained widespread attention t...
October 3, 2019
Remembering Gandhi in a Critical Age
By Russell P. JohnsonOn the 150th anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi’s birth, let us take a moment to celebrate the great religious leader who won India’s independence from En...
September 30, 2019
Sharpiegate, or the Origins and Ends of Democracy
By William SchweikerDuring the summer hiatus of Sightings, the world kept spinning while hunger, poverty, horrific natural disasters, like Hurricane Dorian, continued to ...
September 23, 2019
How Evangelicalism is Shaping College Football
By Ben SheppardI was a junior in high school when Coach Richt brought his players to church. At the time, Mark Richt was the head coach of the University of Georgia ...
September 26, 2019
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Through the eyes, ears, and keyboards of a diverse group of writers, Sightings displays a kaleidoscope of religious activity: a reflection of how religious currents are shaping and being shaped in the world.