Sightings Articles

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

Hope in the Midst of Apocalypse
Martin Marty ponders the themes of Apocalypse, (In)Action, and Theodicy in relation to COVID-19...
April 13, 2020

Measuring the Apocalypse
Where we will and won't find meaning in this global pandemic...
March 26, 2020

The Daybells and Latter-day Saint Apocalypticism
Exploring a subculture of apocalyptic prophecy on the margins of the LDS Church...
February 27, 2020

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...