Sightings Articles
Children on Christian or Secular Swings?
Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Pauley is a grabbing lawsuit name for those of us who do “sightings” of religion in American public life. It features in a story in The Kansas City Star (see “Resources” below). The suit has to do with whether c...
October 24, 2016
In 2014, Marriage and Contraception Dominated US Religion News
marriage and contraception dominated 2014’s domestic religion news headlines. ...
January 8, 2015
Religion Unites and Divides -- Martin E. Marty
“ISIS CRISIS.” . . . “EBOLA CRISIS” . . . “ECONOMIC WORRIES” . . . Headlines about these and others point to realities which often have religious dimensions. One of them is posed in a featured interview with Jodi Picoult, the novelist author of Leavi...
October 20, 2014
Pseudo-Events Clash -- Martin E. Marty
On the border between events and pseudo-events....