Sightings Articles
A Demon for Everyone: Religion in the Latest "Exorcist"
The ecumenical, even interfaith, nature of the film reflects the America of 2023....
October 26, 2023
Papal Fallibility
Commentary prompted by the recent death of emeritus Pope Benedict XVI unsurprisingly indexes the usual binaries of sensationalized speculation. ...
January 4, 2023
Liberalism’s Faith
On Maggie Nelson, the free exchange of ideas that fundamentalists fear, and the faith that must ground any tenable liberalism...
November 11, 2021
Pope Francis And The Jewish Law (Torah)
Pope Francis accepts Vatican II's Nostra Aetate, but has yet to fully extricate himself from two millennia's teachings of contempt ...
October 14, 2021
The Legacy of Hans Küng
Remembering a theologian who was unafraid of rocking the boat...
April 19, 2021
Catholicism and its Disconnects
The most recent Papal encyclical highlights longstanding fault lines in contemporary Catholicism...
November 16, 2020
The Problem with Calling Amy Coney Barrett Too Catholic
The tendentious historical origins of American Catholic Conservatism...
October 29, 2020
A Summer Correspondence
The decision to rename a dormitory reveals the fragility of historical nuance...
September 21, 2020
When a Vow Turns Out to be... a Vow: ‘Fleabag’
Exploring religion's leading role in the hit television series “Fleabag”...
April 20, 2020
By the Grace of ... God?
How a recent film raises important questions about Catholic sacramental theology in light of the Church's sex abuse scandal...
February 6, 2020