Sightings Articles
Concerns about Membership Decline in the Southern Baptist Convention -- Martin E. Marty
Southern Baptists demand attention. They are so webbed into Southern life that they make up what could credibly be called "the Catholic church of the South," an idea that suggests much cultural interaction. In recent decades they have moved north as ...
May 10, 1999
The Matter of Sovereignty -- Martin E. Marty
"Sovereignty" is at issue in many Protestant contentions over religion in American public life. The vast majority of American Christians believe that God is somehow sovereign over all. But most of them relate this faith to theories of governance in w...
May 6, 1999
The Argument About Holocaust Studies -- Martin E. Marty
One of the most heated public controversies over a religious theme in America has to do with Holocaust studies. And none has been more heated and more public than that between Gabriel Schoenfeld, a senior editor of COMMENTARY (published by the Amer...
May 4, 1999
Who is the Religious Left -- Martin E. Marty
What remains of religion on the left? As we monitor the public expressions of American religion, we notice those dubbed "the right" regularly charging that "the left" runs American culture, politics, and religion. Exactly who makes up this left? Davi...
April 30, 1999
Who Is the Religious Left? -- Martin E. Marty
What remains of religion on the left? As we monitor the public expressions of American religion, we notice those dubbed "the right" regularly charging that "the left" runs American culture, politics, and religion. Exactly who makes up this left? Davi...