Sightings Articles
Party On, America?
The concept of loyalty offers hope for our democracy—but only a loyalty that transcends party spirit...
November 23, 2020
Is Reconciliation Possible in our Religiously Polarized Moment?
History shows that the damage done by Christian Nationalism cannot be repaired from within a religious framework alone...
November 19, 2020
Catholicism and its Disconnects
The most recent Papal encyclical highlights longstanding fault lines in contemporary Catholicism...
November 16, 2020
Solitary Refinement
What a Sufi spy from WWII can teach us about pandemic isolation ...
November 12, 2020
A Professor of Religion in a Time of Pop Power
An academic reflects on her analysis of a boy band, their fans' reactions to it, and the hazards of professional expertise...
November 9, 2020
Faith and Disaster
A Kantian reflection on the disconnect between the world of facts and our actions...
November 5, 2020
The Road to Hell: Dantes Inferno and the Undermining of Trust
A late-medieval view of institutional sin...
November 2, 2020
The Problem with Calling Amy Coney Barrett Too Catholic
The tendentious historical origins of American Catholic Conservatism...
October 29, 2020
The Soul of the Nation?
A campaign slogan raises interesting questions about what, exactly, we're all fighting for...
October 26, 2020
The Precariousness of Care
Attending to each other and our communities is costly, messy, exhausting — and vital...