Sightings Articles
Religious Revitalization of US Muslim-Palestinians: New Solidarities and New Tensions
Immigration to Europe, Australia, and the Americas has been one of the primary strategies that Palestinians have adopted to cope with their decades-long displacement. In the United States, Chicago has historically served as a main hub of Palestinian ...
July 16, 2015
Encyclical
In the cartoon, Pope Francis, at prayer, says, “Sooo. That went over like a lead balloon.”...
July 13, 2015
The Bedrock of Civil Society? Mercy in the Face of Death
Death stalks the schools, cinemas, and churches of America. Not a day passes without some report of a madman killing innocent people and then turning his weapon on himself or cowardly fleeing the scene of the suffering he has sown. Most of the time, ...
July 9, 2015
How's the Weather in Rome?
The world is abuzz with the release of the new Papal Encyclical on the Environment “Laudato Si.”...
July 2, 2015
Religion Overwhelms in News
Sightings this week belongs to the “catching our breath” or “cleaning our glasses” category of columns. Note that for once it lists no sources or resources at the end. There are simply too many to cite. We cannot recall, in our sixteen years of “sigh...
June 29, 2015
What Can We Learn From the Charleston Shootings? Hard Choices Yield Great Rewards
a ime to reflect on the role of moral leadership during times of community violence and social crisis....
June 27, 2015
Boom or Bust, Consumerism is Still America's Religion
American consumer spending growth ...
June 18, 2015
Our Kids and Theirs
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, is drawing attention, as it should....