Sightings Articles
Moral Reckoning Under a Mushroom Cloud
How the upcoming 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki might help us better understand and address some of today's most pressing moral dilemmas...
July 27, 2020
The Art of the Social Contract
The art that is helping us see the failures of America's social contract...
July 20, 2020
Toppling History?
A reflection on the debate about Confederate monuments and the enduring truths that ought to guide us...
July 15, 2020
Tools for Studying Pandemic Religion
What can we learn from the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) about sighting and understanding religion during and after the pandemic? ...
July 13, 2020
Hate and Its Elusion
Lessons learned (and lessons needed) about anti-Semitism in the time of COVID-19...
July 9, 2020
Halting the Hajj
Exploring the social, political, economic, and religious fallout of this year’s (all but) canceled pilgrimage...
July 2, 2020
Seeing a Religious Left
Exploring the vibrancy of the religious left and how secularism has hindered our ability to “sight” it...