Books & Culture

The Sightings Moment

Sightings: Reflections on Religion in Public Life,...

January 31, 2019

Donald Trump | Eric Voegelin | fascism | political religion | sacralization of politics

What Trump's "Lies" Have to Do with (Political) Religion

president-as-crime-boss analogy...

April 19, 2018

How I Failed J. Z. Smith

Editor’s Note: Jonathan Z. Smith, the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the Humanities at the University of Chicago, passed away on December 30, 2017. I first heard about Jonathan Z. Smith on the second day of my secon...

January 4, 2018

Alt-Right | Donald Trump | Eric Voegelin | fascism | Gabriele D'Annunzio | ideology | political religion

After Trump

Editor's note. This is the fourth and last installment in our series on the Trump phenomenon, or “Trumpism,” and what it reveals about the relationship between religion and politics in America today. Special thanks to our previous contributors: Roger...

November 3, 2016