Sightings Articles
Liberalism’s Faith
On Maggie Nelson, the free exchange of ideas that fundamentalists fear, and the faith that must ground any tenable liberalism
November 11, 2021
Sunday Mournings
Sunday worship was valorized as something it was not, but the “new normal” could turn out to be something that warrants renewed hope.
October 7, 2021
A Tale of Two Classrooms: Impressions of an Academic Year
Even in extraordinary times, Dickens reminds us to exercise caution around superlatives
June 21, 2021
The Legacy of Hans Küng
Remembering a theologian who was unafraid of rocking the boat
April 19, 2021
The Mythology and Mythologies of the Great American Novel
The roots and dangers of the quest for America's literary masterpiece
February 15, 2021
Of Memphis and Washington
White Supremacy's desecration of sacred spaces, in 1968 and today
January 18, 2021
Catholicism and its Disconnects
The most recent Papal encyclical highlights longstanding fault lines in contemporary Catholicism
November 16, 2020
A Summer Correspondence
The decision to rename a dormitory reveals the fragility of historical nuance