Sightings Articles
To Pray or Not to Pray? Civil Religion and the 9/11 Memorial Service by Rick Elgendy
Last weekend, as the nation marked the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, our collective media gaze focused on lower Manhattan, where the memorial service and dedication led by Mayor Michael Bloomberg had already provoked controversy. Tho...
September 15, 2011
A Public Theology or a Theology of the Res Publica? — Rick Elgendy
Last week, Focus on the Family's James Dobson took issue with a 2006 speech made by Senator Barack Obama at a meeting of "Call to Renewal," a movement of politically activist Christians. A religious figure criticizing a presidential candidate is noth...