Sightings Articles
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Why White Evangelicals Stuck with Trump
What polling data tells us about why White Evangelical support for Trump was undiminished in the 2020 election...
February 11, 2021
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We Hold These Truths
An Augustinian meditation on the communal dispositions required for democracy...
January 25, 2021
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Symphonic Politics, Sibelius, and the Immanent Messiah
Our country cannot afford to wait for a miracle. The music of Jean Sibelius teaches us what the alternatives might look like....
January 11, 2021
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The Road to Hell: Dantes Inferno and the Undermining of Trust
A late-medieval view of institutional sin...
November 2, 2020
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King Cotton
The United Methodist Church's roots witness against Cotton's attack on critical history...
September 3, 2020
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The Art of the Social Contract
The art that is helping us see the failures of America's social contract...
July 20, 2020
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Toppling History?
A reflection on the debate about Confederate monuments and the enduring truths that ought to guide us...
July 15, 2020
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In What Do We Trust?
Reflecting on what holds us together as a society that embodies justice...