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...
September 2, 2019
Left Behind -- Martin E. Marty
Warning: if you open the links mentioned in the “Sources” section at the end of this column, your agenda of other things to read may well be left behind. The “Sources” list just a few reviews out of many dealing with the film that opened over the wee...