Sightings Articles
Secular Music in Seven Lessons
Darkwave artist Cold Cave's recent album, "Fate in Seven Lessons," sheds light on the complexities of popular culture's interaction with religion...
June 24, 2021
A Tale of Two Classrooms: Impressions of an Academic Year
Even in extraordinary times, Dickens reminds us to exercise caution around superlatives...
June 21, 2021
Now Let Us Sing! Juneteenth 2021
The deep roots connecting Jewish and Black prophetic witness...
June 17, 2021
Think Again: Religion in the Wake of the Pandemic
Covid has given us a chance to rethink and reinvigorate our traditions, and we cannot afford to waste it...
June 14, 2021
Loss and Continuation: Lessons from the Popol Vuh
An ancient Maya tradition on keeping those we've lost alive...
June 10, 2021
What Makes a Conflict "Religious"?
Sometimes our categories conceal more than they reveal...
June 7, 2021
Alfred North Whitehead and the "Facts"
How an old philosophical trap continues to ensnare us today...
June 3, 2021
America the Imperfect, America the Beautiful
A veteran's reflection on the meaning of Memorial Day...
May 31, 2021
Debt and the Land
The ethics of debt forgiveness have to account for more than just the debtor-creditor relationship...
May 27, 2021
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: On National Self-Understanding
Can we overcome our collective illusions about ourselves?...