Sightings Articles
On Zealous and Unrepentant Times
A Call to Self-Reflection amidst a Dangerous Devotion...
September 28, 2020
Toppling History?
A reflection on the debate about Confederate monuments and the enduring truths that ought to guide us...
July 15, 2020
In What Do We Trust?
Reflecting on what holds us together as a society that embodies justice...
June 22, 2020
Plagues and the Pale Rider: Our Present Apocalypse
How ancient religious themes can help us make sense of the global pandemic and its socioeconomic fallout...
April 27, 2020
Pan-Nemesis: COVID-19 and Beyond
Do religious myths have anything to teach us during this present crisis?...
March 23, 2020
Infectious Religion
Religion and its surprising-but-not-unprecedented role in the spread of the coronavirus ...
February 24, 2020
Who—or What—is Above the Law?
The presence and absence of religion in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump...
January 23, 2020
Everything’s on Sale: Appropriations of Religion
A sighting of the unseen forces of religion at work during the holidays and what they tell us about this age...
December 23, 2019
The Great American Slumber?
Are we experiencing the opposite of a “Great Awakening” in the U.S. today?...