Sightings on Summer Hiatus
Enjoy a curated reading list until we return for Autumn Quarter in September 2023.
By Lauren PondJuly 6, 2023
Dear Readers,
Starting July 6, Sightings will take a summer hiatus, as the Marty Center and our contributing writers regroup for the coming academic year. We will resume publication for Autumn Quarter in September 2023. During the break, we invite you to peruse a curated reading list of Sightings pieces from the past ten months, which we have thematically grouped below. We also encourage you to reach out to us at divsightings@gmail.com about potential articles or topics you would like to see us cover in future editions. We appreciate your support and wish you a safe, restful summer!
Starting July 6, Sightings will take a summer hiatus, as the Marty Center and our contributing writers regroup for the coming academic year. We will resume publication for Autumn Quarter in September 2023. During the break, we invite you to peruse a curated reading list of Sightings pieces from the past ten months, which we have thematically grouped below. We also encourage you to reach out to us at divsightings@gmail.com about potential articles or topics you would like to see us cover in future editions. We appreciate your support and wish you a safe, restful summer!
Religion around the World
Religion, Democracy, and the Infinite Work of "The West" by Dhruv Raj Nagar
The Symbolism of a Kiss? by William Schweiker
Religion in the Media
The Sandman and Decolonizing Hope by Héctor M. Varela Rios
Religion, Politics, and Jerry Falwell's Fall from Grace by Emily D. Crews
Misdiagnosing Jewish Loyalty by Jake Sirota
Religious Ethics
Should We Watch Videos of Racialized Police Violence? by Zachary Taylor
When Women's Fears Are Twisted into Myth by Willemien Otten
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Nonviolence by Curtis Evans
Religion and the University
(Not) Doing It for the Money by Richard Rosengarten
On ChatGPT: A Letter to My Students by Russell P. Johnson
Freedom, Tradition, and Precarity at Hamline University by Lauren E. Osborne
Evangelicalism in America
What's So Special about the Asbury Revivals? by Helen Jin Kim
A Global Perspective on American Evangelical Politics by John G. Stackhouse
Protestants and American National Destiny by David A. Hollinger
Sincerely,
The Marty Center Team
Image by Joe Sterbenc
Image by Joe Sterbenc
Lauren Pond
Lauren Pond is the Marty Center's Digital Media & Communications Manager. She is an award-winning creative producer who uses audiovisual storytelling to explore and evoke the complexities of religious life. Lauren previously served as Multimedia Producer of the American Religious Sounds Project, a Luce Foundation-funded digital research initiative co-directed by scholars at The Ohio State University and Michigan State University. She published her first monograph, Test of Faith: Signs, Serpents, Salvation, through Duke University Press in 2017.