Sightings Articles
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
September 21, 2020
The Art of the Social Contract
The art that is helping us see the failures of America's social contract
July 20, 2020
America’s Sirens
A reflection on America’s mythology of sirens, and the need to rewrite it
June 15, 2020
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