Sightings: Religion in Public Life

Sponsored by the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion @UChiDivinity | Editors: Alireza Doostdar and Willemien Otten

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Russell Johnson discusses what can make conspiracy theories compelling: https://t.co/U6jBY3dGBc

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Alexus McLeod reflects on what a Maya text can teach us about loss and death. https://t.co/quSnEc1XRJ

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Richard Rosengarten discusses the social implications of wearing a moral choice on our faces: https://t.co/Kx23sztuCp

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Christian Sheppard (PhD '02) reflects on sacred time within a baseball game: https://t.co/u2DUSh20O1

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Candace Lukasik discusses the political and religious conservatism of Coptic Christian immigrants to the US: https://t.co/fQw9y9kehp

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Jeffrey Stackert argues the "biblical worldview" of the modern evangelical is grounded in faulty exegesis -- leading to disastrous consequences:
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Arthur Magida draws inspiration from Noor Inayat Khan, a Sufi Spy for Britain in Nazi-occupied Paris, for our own lonely times: https://t.co/iP3oNANAbO

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Kathryn Lofton discusses fan reactions to her claims about a Korean boy band and what those reactions tell us about the primary work of the academic study of religion: https://t.co/tTt0LXhEIm

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MARTY CENTER WEBINAR:
RELIGION AND THE 2020 ELECTIONS
Monday, October 19, 2020, 4pm
Register for the webinar here: https://t.co/fbvZD849XT

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Bradley Hansen, University of Chicago Divinity School PhD Student in New Testament, discusses the creedal form of the #RNC's platform and its significance for the American political landscape: https://t.co/kzzbguoy4S

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Janine Giordano Drake recounts how the early 20th century saw American churches embrace the mythology of the "Good Christian Businessman," and comments on the enduring rift between clergy and labor unions. https://t.co/MucESRdARz

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William B. Lawrence discusses Tom Cotton's attack on critical history, and argues the Senator would do well to consider his own denomination's past denunciations of slavery. https://t.co/y9BCJAfxhs

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. @seanmhannan writes that #Coronatide "has taken on an almost liturgical quality, reshaping our daily lives according to its own dictates (personal whim be damned)."

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"Summer Hiatus"

As Sightings takes its annual summer break during August, enjoy this reading list—curated by the editor—of our best and most-read columns from 2020 thus far

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"Moral Reckoning Under a Mushroom Cloud"

William George (@UChiDivinity PhD'90) writes about how the upcoming 75th anniversary of the bombing of #Hiroshima might help us better understand and address some of today's most pressing moral dilemmas

https://t.co/iVxllmqyYu

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"The Art of the Social Contract"

Richard Rosengarten (@UChiDivinity Prof) analyzes @KadirNelson's recent @NewYorker cover, "Say Their Names," and considers how it helps us better understand the failures of America's social contract.

https://t.co/mRM5zUlBpL

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"Toppling History?"

Columnist and @UChiDivinity Prof William Schweiker reflects on the debate about #ConfederateMonuments and the enduring truths that ought to guide us

https://t.co/XSIm0ozKBF

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"Tools for Studying Pandemic Religion"

A. Trevor Sutton considers what "sighters" and scholars of religion can learn from the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) about studying religion during and after the #COVID19 pandemic

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"Hate and Its Elusion"

Matthew Creighton reviews the recent #PBS documentary, “Viral: Anti-Semitism in Four Mutations,” and considers lessons learned (and lessons needed) about #Antisemitism in the time of #COVID19

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"The Hypocrisy Juke"

Columnist Russell Johnson offers some advice for responding when people say "protest this, not that"

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