Sightings Articles
Playing the Ostrich; or, How Not to Think about QAnon
American conspiracy theories and the task of the scholar of religion
May 18, 2020
When a Vow Turns Out to be... a Vow: ‘Fleabag’
Exploring religion's leading role in the hit television series “Fleabag”
April 20, 2020
The Coronavirus and Us
Exploring the "ultimate dimensions" of COVID-19 as Americans prepare themselves for a season of quarantine and isolation
March 16, 2020
American Graphic
Graphic novels, the national narratives we tell, and the role religion plays (and doesn't) in them
February 17, 2020
Andy Warhol’s Iconicity
Exploring the religious dimensions of the exhibit, "Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again," currently on display at the Art Institute of Chicago
January 27, 2020
Free Speech in Poetry and in Prose
What the President's executive order to combat anti-Semitism teaches us about the abuse and misunderstanding of free speech
December 16, 2019
The Achievement of David Tracy
David Tracy's most recent work formulates a future for theology
November 21, 2019
Give Me That Old-Time Atheism
Is there a new-er conversation about atheism brewing? And, if so, what might it offer religion?
October 21, 2019
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and American Civil Religion
Over the years, several Sightings authors have cited Robert Bellah’s justly famous essay, “Civil Religion in America,” which was published in 1967. A natural point of reference for a publication that aims to identify and characterize the places of re...
January 21, 2019
In Memoriam
Words spoken at funerals are situated on a spectrum between eulogy and proclamation—between characterization of the deceased and declaration of the convictions of the gathered community. Memorials bring into conjunction two very different and yet equ...