Sightings Articles
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Telling the Stories of Leopold and Loeb
Thinking about Leopold and Loeb as well as their inspiration and their trial shows the importance of how we narrate the history of morality....
May 3, 2024
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Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist Philosophy: Converting to Multiculturalism
Once we examine the roots of “Buddhaphobia” in philosophical education, we can get easily beyond it....
March 29, 2024
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René Girard and the True Meaning of Christmas
“What’s all this violence? It’s Christmas…”...
December 19, 2023
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Structural Violence in the Headlines
Focusing only on direct violence obscures other, potentially more harmful, social injustices....
November 21, 2023
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The Prophetic and the Pragmatic in Cornel West
Using the language of prophecy and vocation to describe West’s campaign raises some interesting questions—not only about West but about what it means to be prophetic....
June 9, 2023
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This is the Way: Daoist Themes in Star Wars
Return of the Jedi resonates with themes, ideas, and symbolism from real-world religious traditions....
May 3, 2023
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On ChatGPT: A Letter to My Students
The rapid development of AI-generated content has led to something of a crisis in higher education. ...
April 6, 2023
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Lies, Damned Lies, and George Santos
Dismissing Santos' lies endangers truth, accountability, and democracy....
January 27, 2023
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Mary Douglas and the Ritual of Halloween
Halloween typifies the kinds of symbolic rituals present in our fragmented experience of modern life....
October 31, 2022
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Attention, Please
A culture of distraction may detract from religiosity and lead to lazy secularism....