Sightings Articles

Robert Putnam | American Grace | Bowling Alone | social capital

Our Kids and Theirs

Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, is drawing attention, as it should....

June 8, 2015

same-sex marriage | Roman Catholicism | Pope Francis | Ireland

Ringing the Changes on Change

This now-passing spring we have heard and seen changes in the religious spheres, which get described as “stunning,” “startling,” and more. We’ll reach into our internet deposit for just two which have shaken the world of Catholics and millions of the...

June 1, 2015

theology | David Brooks | grace | Marilynne Robinson | Jeanne Bishop

Grace in the Media

Sightings will never lack subject-matter. ...

April 27, 2015

Second Vatican Council | Catholicism | Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | Leadership Conference of Women Religious | Sharon Holland

Vatican and Sisters

Now and then I make visits, not visitations, to Catholic premises, usually university campuses. I started doing so in the years of the Second Vatican Council, some fifty years ago. At that time, a Protestant in such precincts was a bit unfamiliar, ev...

April 20, 2015

Sue Halpern | Nicholas Carr | robots | automation | humanness | hope | machines | joblessness

Human Work in the Robots' Future

Human Work in the Robots' Future...

April 6, 2015