Sightings Articles
The Precariousness of Care
Attending to each other and our communities is costly, messy, exhausting — and vital...
October 22, 2020
Blessings, History, and Pandemic Vulnerabilities
What happens when a nation fails to reckon with its own human frailty...
October 15, 2020
The Power of a Heartbroken Community
In sharing others' pain, faith and church show their true resilience....
October 8, 2020
Tools for Studying Pandemic Religion
What can we learn from the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) about sighting and understanding religion during and after the pandemic? ...
July 13, 2020
Hate and Its Elusion
Lessons learned (and lessons needed) about anti-Semitism in the time of COVID-19...
July 9, 2020
Halting the Hajj
Exploring the social, political, economic, and religious fallout of this year’s (all but) canceled pilgrimage...
July 2, 2020
Jobs for All?
As unemployment in the U.S. continues to rise to historic levels due to COVID-19, what does history teach us about religion's role in helping get Americans back to work?...
June 26, 2020
Unexpected ‘Openings’ and the Essence of Religious Practice
What we learn about the nature of religious practice from the innovations and adaptations of religious communities during the pandemic...
June 18, 2020
America’s Sirens
A reflection on America’s mythology of sirens, and the need to rewrite it...