Sightings Articles

Two white marble figures embrace

Kiss | morality | Symbolism

The Symbolism of a Kiss?

A single human action can take on multiple meanings, personal, social, cultural, and even moral and religious.

April 21, 2023
Woman peering out from behind red sign stating JUSTICE

morality | bearing witness | violence

Should We Watch Videos of Racialized Police Violence?

If we choose to watch depictions of brutality, we must do so keenly aware of the moral costs, benefits, and risks.

February 9, 2023
Crowd with hands raised in praise and illuminate by dark red light

Evangelicalism | racism | morality | tribalism

Moral Indignation and Reflections on Evangelicalism

The embrace of Herschel Walker by Georgia's white evangelicals reveals the betrayal of values once publicly espoused.

October 20, 2022
Zhi sends confucius packing

Confucianism | China | morality | social activism

How Not to Be a Feckless Moral Hustler

A topsy-turvy story from the Zhuangzi shows up the limits of noble intentions

April 12, 2021

Catholicism | memoirs | morality | nones | segmentation

Getting Religion

“Getting Religion” is a concept born of H. L. Mencken’s observation that in the free market of American religion, citizens “get religion” when they convert or get steamed up. They do so in different ways and with different degrees of fever. Kenneth L...

September 19, 2016