Sightings Articles

Coronavirus | ethics | society | social issues

Masks

The social effects of wearing a moral choice on our face...

May 17, 2021

political religion | National Socialism | nationalism | epistemology

Blessed are Those Who Do Not See and Yet Believe

The moral force of misrecognition...

May 13, 2021

William James | Coronavirus | Mental Health | hope

Return to Life

As we slowly re-emerge from a very difficult year, William James's pragmatism offers some wisdom...

May 10, 2021

baseball | Sacred Time | Mircea Eliade | Coronavirus

A Paean for Paradise: Baseball Season

Eliade's sacred time and America's favorite pastime...

May 6, 2021

Religion and Literature | pop culture | Thomas Aquinas | evil

The Moral Emptiness of Zack Snyder's Justice League

Understanding what makes a movie villain compelling (or not), with a little help from Thomas Aquinas...

May 3, 2021

Community | Coronavirus | difference

Saturday Night

The dancefloor cultivates a key community virtue...

April 29, 2021

Justice and the Devil in America

A controversy around the symbolisms of evil conceals the hardening of America's heart...

April 26, 2021

stewardship of the earth | environment | social justice | Coronavirus

Will There Be Life On Earth?

An Earth Day reflection on trusting our eyes...

April 22, 2021

Catholicism | Death | dissenters | Euthanasia

The Legacy of Hans Küng

Remembering a theologian who was unafraid of rocking the boat...

April 19, 2021

Islam | Community | modernity | Coronavirus

Ramadan in a Changing World

Observing the fast with traditions old and new...