Sightings Articles
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Freedom, Tradition, and Precarity at Hamline University
It’s not either/or at Hamline; it’s both/and....
January 19, 2023
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The Problem with Freedom from Religion
Laïcité must reckon with the continuing impact of French colonial history ...
March 8, 2021
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The American Politics of Coptic Martyrdom
Coptic Christian immigrants embracing conservatism navigate the intersection between race and religion...
January 28, 2021
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Halting the Hajj
Exploring the social, political, economic, and religious fallout of this year’s (all but) canceled pilgrimage...
July 2, 2020
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Seeing a Religious Left
Exploring the vibrancy of the religious left and how secularism has hindered our ability to “sight” it...
June 29, 2020
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Save Uighur, Save China
Six Uighur sisters were each robbed of their husbands when Chinese authorities placed the men in concentration camps. They also forcefully took their children to communist-run orphanages and placed Chinese men in each of the sisters’ homes. This stor...