Sightings
Reporting and commenting on the role of religion in public life.
Measuring the Apocalypse
Where we will and won't find meaning in this global pandemic
The Coronavirus and Us
By Richard A. RosengartenExploring the "ultimate dimensions" of COVID-19 as Americans prepare themselves for a season of quarantine and isolation
March 16, 2020
How Republican Politicians Get Schooled on the Bible
By Margaret M. MitchellAn investigation of the Bible study (and its teacher) influencing how Republican politicians understand the coronavirus pandemic
April 6, 2020
Faith in the Time of Coronavirus: The Power of Spacial Solidarity
By Cynthia G. LindnerHow the global pandemic is reshaping the lives of communities of faith
March 19, 2020
Pan-Nemesis: COVID-19 and Beyond
By William SchweikerDo religious myths have anything to teach us during this present crisis?
March 23, 2020
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How Republican Politicians Get Schooled on the Bible
By Margaret M. Mitchell“Is God Judging America Today?” asked Ralph Drollinger in a Bible Study posted on his Capitol Ministries website on March 21, 2020, in reference to th...
April 6, 2020
Patience in the Pandemic
By Lijia Xie“For time is the essential ingredient; but in the modern world, there is no time.” –Rachel Carson, Silent Spring Less than fo...
April 2, 2020
Love, Obligation, and Possibilities in the Time of COVID-19
By Stephanie FriedmanWhen I began thinking about this column over a month ago, the image that came to me as I considered how Mara H. Benjamin's The Obligated Self: Materna...
March 30, 2020
Measuring the Apocalypse
By Evan F. KuehnRuth Margalit writes from Tel Aviv in the New York Review of Books that “The pandemic feels both futuristic and biblical, eschatological and utterly b...
March 26, 2020
Pan-Nemesis: COVID-19 and Beyond
By William SchweikerThe world is abuzz with disease and death. My previous Sightings column (“Infectious Religion”), noted that religion has been there from the beginning...
March 23, 2020
Faith in the Time of Coronavirus: The Power of Spacial Solidarity
By Cynthia G. LindnerIn our times of greatest need, Americans have always turned to prayer to help guide us through trials and periods of uncertainty. As we continue to fa...
March 19, 2020
The Coronavirus and Us
By Richard A. RosengartenThe constantly evolving news regarding the coronavirus is largely, and appropriately, couched in medical and scientific terms. What we can and cannot ...
March 16, 2020
Scapegoating Mitt Romney
By John FeaThe name of Mitt Romney was booed relentlessly at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Fort Washington, Maryland. This year’s...
March 12, 2020
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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.