Sightings Articles
The Christian Who Was a Church of One
In a world that seems to me to offer precious little of the mantle of prophecy, I offer you William Blake....
February 17, 2022
Our Comedy of Errors?
Hapless, misinformed, and zealous, we are living in a comedy of errors, and possibly a deadly one....
February 10, 2022
Are Vaccine Exemptions Actually Religious?
Large-scale vaccine skepticism is a new phenomenon, but is it a religious phenomenon?...
February 4, 2022
Midnight Mass and the Spectre of Terror
A generation has grown up under the shadow of post-9/11 preoccupation with Islam and Muslims: Midnight Mass presents something far more interesting ...
January 21, 2022
Epiphanies Of Power and/or Goodness
The epiphany of this January is at root about the profound need to civilize the nation....
January 12, 2022
The Revolutionary Joy of Desmond Tutu
There is a danger in softening Tutu’s legacy, but we make the same mistake in the opposite direction if we forget his contagious, all-embracing joy....
January 6, 2022
The Power of Belief in Conspiracy Theories
People who subscribe to QAnon maintain that Donald Trump remains the “true” president... why would anyone believe this?...
December 17, 2021
Christian Apocalypse in Pandemic-Stricken South Korea
Christianity in South Korea will never be the same post-pandemic....
December 9, 2021
Extremism and Defense of Democracy
If we focus on policing acceptable political ideas via the state, we do more to undermine democracy than to secure it....