Sightings Articles
Jewish Millennials and Co.
Unaffiliated, unreachable, unmoved, unfazeable younger Americans, aged 18-23 in some cases, or “millennials” in others, have been in our sights this season as we observe religious trends. ...
November 10, 2014
Southern White Evangelical Decline -- Martin E. Marty
Southern Evangelicals Dwindling—and Take the GOP Edge With Them ...
October 27, 2014
Religion Unites and Divides -- Martin E. Marty
“ISIS CRISIS.” . . . “EBOLA CRISIS” . . . “ECONOMIC WORRIES” . . . Headlines about these and others point to realities which often have religious dimensions. One of them is posed in a featured interview with Jodi Picoult, the novelist author of Leavi...
October 20, 2014
Pseudo-Events Clash -- Martin E. Marty
On the border between events and pseudo-events....
September 29, 2014
Resident Aliens
the fast-changing world of religious life and publishing today....
September 22, 2014
Hillsong -- Martin E. Marty
“Hillsong.” Never heard of Hillsong, the Australian Pentecostal megachurch? Readers of the New York Times have no excuse to be in the dark, thanks to the (Sept. 9) headlined story, “Megachurch with a Beat Lures a Young Flock.” The Times’ main reli...
September 15, 2014
Drift Away -- Martin E. Marty
Smart-crack responses will not get one very far. Thus, when asked, “Are you a member of the organized church?” I can look at the chaos of polities and answer, “No, I am a Lutheran.” Then: “Do you believe in institutional religion?” I can answer, “may...