Sightings Articles
Why White Evangelicals Stuck with Trump
What polling data tells us about why White Evangelical support for Trump was undiminished in the 2020 election...
February 11, 2021
In the #MeToo Era, Why Do White Evangelical Women Continue to #StandByTrump?
In the era of #MeToo, why do so many conservative, white evangelical women ignore accusations of sexual misconduct against Trump?
February 21, 2019
Three Reasons White Evangelicals Hate Obamacare
Last year, Republican lawmakers—with the support of many white evangelical Christians—found ways to undermine Obamacare. In Iowa, where evangelicals are a potent force, the governor recently approved legislation allowing insurers to sell cheaper plan...
April 12, 2018
Progressives: To Take Back the White House, Love Your White Evangelical Neighbors
How Progressives can improve their chances of recapturing the White House in 2020....
September 21, 2017
Myths Debunked: Why Did White Evangelical Christians Vote for Trump?
What motivated white evangelicals to vote for Trump in 2016: Abortion and supreme-court nominees? No. Terrorism, the economy, and immigration....
January 19, 2017
France's Incomplete Citizens and Why Some Put Islam First
The aftermath of last year's Paris terrorist attacks. ...
April 21, 2016
Tony Tasset's "Pieta" and the Drive for intimacy with the Divine
Chicago artist Tony Tasset and the Pieta....
April 30, 2015
Income and Wealth Inequality: Why Religion's Current Efforts Won't Cut It
When religious institutions turn their attention to legislation, legal codes, and regulations, they can effect change....
November 20, 2014
Eleven Scholars, Eleven Accounts of God and the Moral Life, Part 2
Sightings summarizes presentations from the “God: Theological Accounts and Ethical Possibilities?” conference....
May 15, 2014
Eleven Scholars, Eleven Accounts of God and the Moral Life, Part 1
Sightings summarizes five of the presentations from the “God: Theological Accounts and Ethical Possibilities?” conference....