Sightings Articles
How Evangelicalism is Shaping College Football
Considering Evangelicalism's role in shaping the economy of college football....
September 26, 2019
Sharpiegate, or the Origins and Ends of Democracy
What does #Sharpiegate teach us about the place of religion in the future, or the end, of democracy? ...
September 23, 2019
Chaos and Endurance
One way that the written word has evolved with the advent of online media is the addition of “Keywords” at the end or beginning of an essay. (In fact, you’ll find them at the bottom of this column!) They can help summarize the main points of an essay...
September 9, 2019
They Called Him Billy
Several years ago, my wife, Katherine, and I spent a week researching letters that Americans sent to the evangelist Billy Graham, who died in 2018 at age 99. One day we stumbled on an undiscovered cache of children’s messages. They provide a window i...
September 5, 2019
Tangled in Apocalyptic Thought
President Donald Trump had a historic day on August 21, 2019. In less than twenty-four hours, he was declared “like the King of Israel” by conservative commentator (and Jewish convert to Christianity) Wayne Allen Root, and declared himself, in an ent...
September 2, 2019
Festivals of Forgetting
Perhaps more than other years, this July in the United States has been filled with festivals. President Trump’s excessive “Salute to America” was filled with jets, armored vehicles, marches, and a Presidential speech. Many have also enjoyed the mont...
July 22, 2019
Summer Storm Watch
It’s summertime, the season when many Protestant denominations hold annual conferences and assemblies that draw hundreds or even thousands of participants from across the nation and the world. Like an enormous extended family during an unruly dinnert...
July 18, 2019
The L-Word and “The Art of Battling Giants”
Marianne Williamson believes that all she needs is love to beat Donald Trump in 2020. ...
July 15, 2019
A Midrash on the Apocalypse
Ed. Note: Spoiler Alert: Details from the sixth and final episode of the recent television adaptation of Good Omens lie ahead. (On the seventh episode, Neil Gaiman rested.) The satiric television series Good Omens has been both praised and ce...