Sightings Articles

Yomeddine

Hansen's Disease

Judging Illness and Living Like Kings in Yomeddine

Religion and the interpretation of illness in the critically acclaimed Egyptian film Yomeddine (2018)...

October 31, 2019
Amish

politics | democracy

Shunning Religion

Prof. William Schweiker reflects on recent attempts to politicize the Amish and the implications for religion in the U.S....

October 28, 2019
Bloom

Religion and Literature

A Recalcitrant Influence

Matthew Creighton writes about the legacy of Harold Bloom...

October 24, 2019
atheism

atheists

Give Me That Old-Time Atheism

Is there a new-er conversation about atheism brewing? And, if so, what might it offer religion?...

October 21, 2019
Trump

Donald Trump | Civil Religion

The Blinding Idol

Daniel Owings discusses the shortcomings of idolatry imagery for understanding Donald Trump...

October 17, 2019
Hope

hope | endurance

Searching for Hope

Martin Marty considers the place of hope in the realm of religion today....

October 14, 2019
baptistry

Mormon Church | LGBTQ | gender equality

The Cost of Mormon Complementarianism

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has changed a policy regarding those who may act as witnesses for baptisms and temple sealings. ...

October 10, 2019
Greta

climate change

Is the Climate Crisis a Secular Eschatology?

What does religion have to do with climate change activism?...

October 3, 2019
Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Remembering Gandhi in a Critical Age

Gandhi insisted on the power of each individual to contribute something to the realization of truth and freedom.

September 30, 2019