Sightings Articles
How Republican Politicians Get Schooled on the Bible
An investigation of the Bible study (and its teacher) influencing how Republican politicians understand the coronavirus pandemic...
April 6, 2020
Scapegoating Mitt Romney
What Mitt Romney's disinvitation from CPAC 2020 tells us about the evolving role of religion in public life for the Christian Right...
March 12, 2020
Sighting (and Citing) Chaplains
Exploring the growing role and significance of chaplaincy in American society ...
February 20, 2020
Martin Buber’s Hope in Polarized Times
The important lesson a midcentury speech by the Jewish philosopher holds for “this hour”...
February 3, 2020
Who—or What—is Above the Law?
The presence and absence of religion in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump...
January 23, 2020
Free Speech in Poetry and in Prose
What the President's executive order to combat anti-Semitism teaches us about the abuse and misunderstanding of free speech...
December 16, 2019
“Loving Justice” and the Refugees at Our Border
Does religion offer an alternative to the economic notions of justice that dominate how we think about the refugee crisis facing America?...
November 18, 2019
Paula White and the Mainstreaming of American Pentecostalism
Trump's appointment of Paula White is an indicator of shifting lines within the Christian right...
November 7, 2019
Shunning Religion
Prof. William Schweiker reflects on recent attempts to politicize the Amish and the implications for religion in the U.S....
