Sightings Articles
The Problem with Calling Amy Coney Barrett Too Catholic
The tendentious historical origins of American Catholic Conservatism...
October 29, 2020
The Soul of the Nation?
A campaign slogan raises interesting questions about what, exactly, we're all fighting for...
October 26, 2020
Common Sense and the 2020 Election
How do screens change our sense of national community?...
October 12, 2020
The Difference between Heroes and Martyrs
When we memorialize victims of police violence, their past actions are irrelevant...
October 5, 2020
On Zealous and Unrepentant Times
A Call to Self-Reflection amidst a Dangerous Devotion...
September 28, 2020
King Cotton
The United Methodist Church's roots witness against Cotton's attack on critical history...
September 3, 2020
Seeing a Religious Left
Exploring the vibrancy of the religious left and how secularism has hindered our ability to “sight” it...
June 29, 2020
Stop Asking What the Bible Means to the President
A historian of the bible in America reflects on what Trump’s recent photo-op in front of St. John’s Church does (and doesn’t) mean...
June 8, 2020
Playing the Ostrich; or, How Not to Think about QAnon
American conspiracy theories and the task of the scholar of religion...
May 18, 2020