Sightings Articles
Is This America?
A distinction may bring some clarity to disagreements about the meaning of the Capitol riots...
February 1, 2021
The American Politics of Coptic Martyrdom
Coptic Christian immigrants embracing conservatism navigate the intersection between race and religion...
January 28, 2021
We Hold These Truths
An Augustinian meditation on the communal dispositions required for democracy...
January 25, 2021
Science and Religion in Times of Plague
Calvin and Luther warn against the simplistic assumption that religious liberty is opposed to medical expertise...
January 21, 2021
Of Memphis and Washington
White Supremacy's desecration of sacred spaces, in 1968 and today...
January 18, 2021
A Biblical Attack on the Capitol?
The alternative facts and faulty exegesis behind Evangelicals' "Biblical worldview."...
January 14, 2021
Symphonic Politics, Sibelius, and the Immanent Messiah
Our country cannot afford to wait for a miracle. The music of Jean Sibelius teaches us what the alternatives might look like....
January 11, 2021
Georgia's Senate Elections and the Life of the Black Church
Senator-elect Warnock's victory shows that the institution that led the fight for civil rights has just as much vitality as ever...
January 7, 2021
Relief After Misfortune
A centuries-old Islamic literary genre may still offer consolation today...