Sightings Articles
Cultural Disruptions
Martin Marty on the importance of seeking out stories of human goodness in the darkest days...
May 11, 2020
Hope in the Midst of Apocalypse
Martin Marty ponders the themes of Apocalypse, (In)Action, and Theodicy in relation to COVID-19...
April 13, 2020
Thank God, Churches are Dying... and Living
Exploring the space between decline and renewal in American Christianity...
March 9, 2020
Still Searching for a Usable Future
Contemplating religion's role today in predicting and projecting possible futures...
February 10, 2020
Sunday Is ...
Are traditional holy days still something more than just any other day?...
January 13, 2020
Cultivating the Good in Our ‘Mass of Habits’
Martin Marty reflects on new (and old) advice for changing our habits...
November 11, 2019
Searching for Hope
Martin Marty considers the place of hope in the realm of religion today....
October 14, 2019
Chaos and Endurance
One way that the written word has evolved with the advent of online media is the addition of “Keywords” at the end or beginning of an essay. (In fact, you’ll find them at the bottom of this column!) They can help summarize the main points of an essay...
September 9, 2019
The Death of Politics?
Today’s “sighting” owes its inspiration to a brief moment of déjà vu that hit me recently as a new-but-familiar book title came across my desk...