Sightings: Reflections on Religion in Public Life

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Foreword / By Willemien Otten -- Introduction: Reflections On Sightings / By W.clark Gilpin -- 1. Counting / By Martin E.marty -- 2. America's Mythical Religious Past / By Catherine A. Brekus -- 3. Mourning A Monsignor / By Martin E. Marty -- 4. Pearl Harbor, Sarajevo, And The Events Of September Eleventh / By Edward Mcglynn Gaffney Jr. -- 5. An Extraordinary Discussion / By Jean Bethke Elshtain -- 6. Of Patriots And Saints / By Jonathan Ebel -- 7. The Women Are Everywhere / By Amy Hollywood -- 8. Of Troubled Hearts / By Christopher Beem -- 9. A Letter From Jerusalem : Christmas 2002 / By Ithamar Gruenwald -- 10. Ryan's Commute / By Martin E. Marty -- 11. Milton, Mass., Mary / By Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez -- 12. Cracking The Da Vinci Code / By Margaret M. Mitchell -- 13. Remembering Martin Luther King / By Martin E. Marty -- 14. Tru-envy? / By Jon Pahl -- 15. Supreme Court Theology / By Brian Britt -- 16. Greeley's War / By Martin E.marty -- 17. The Theodicy Of Everyday Life / By Martin E. Marty -- 18. The World House / By Robert M. Franklin -- 19. Collisions And Doubts / By Martin E. Marty -- 20. Billy Graham's Final Crusade / By James L. Evans -- 21. Black Theology And Womanist Theology In Conversation / By Dwight N. Hopkins -- 22. Multiple Choices From The Founders / By Martin E. Marty -- 23. Buddhists On The Brain / By Dan Arnold -- 24. The Future Of New Orleans / By James B. Bennett -- 25. The Changing Faces Of Islam / By Malika Zeghal -- 26. Reflections On Chicago's Cloud Gate / By Jeremy Biles -- 27. Intelligent Watches / By Richard A. Rosengarten -- 28. Sanctuary Or Spectacle? / By Cynthia Gano Lindner -- 29. Allah's Trailblazer / By R. Jonathan Moore -- 30. Watch Your Language / By Martin E.marty -- 31. On The Migration Of Religious Ideas / By W. Clark Gilpin -- 32. Religion And Redemption In Black Snake Moan / By Kristen Tobey -- 33. Mother Teresa's Agony / By Martin E. Marty -- 34. The Economist On Religion / By Martin E. Marty -- 35. Baptism By Torture / By William Schweiker -- 36. How To Bury A Prophet / By Kathleen Flake -- 37. E Pluribus Obama/ By M. Cooper Harriss -- 38. God And Man At Yale / By Eboo Patel -- 39. On Trust / By Martin E. Marty -- 40. News From The Religion And Science Front / By Douglas Anderson -- 41. An Inner Life With New Meaning / By Krista Tippett -- 42. Economics / By Martin E. Marty -- 43. Back To The Twelfth Century : Peter The Venerable And Pope Benedict Xvi / By Lucy K. Pick -- 44. Religion-based Arguments In Juvenile Life Without Parole Cases / By Joan Gottschall -- 45. The Sacred And The Sartorial / By Courtney Wilder -- 46. Jim Wallis On Morals And Values / By Martin E. Marty -- 47. Keeping On The Sunny Side : Southern Traditionalism's Bid For Academic Respectability And Tolerance / By John Howell -- 48. Cuts In The Humanities / By Martin E. Marty -- 49. The Persecution Of Religious Minorities In Iraq / By Shatha Almutawa -- 50. Franklin Graham On Islam And Violence / By Martin E. Marty -- 51. The Shtetl Strongman / By Sarah Imhoff -- 52. Good Sufi, Bad Muslims / By Omid San -- 53. The Chinese House Church Goes Public / By Fenggang Yang -- 54. Shrine Destruction In Bahrain / By Michael Sells -- 55. Machine Gun Preacher / By Martin E. Marty -- 56. Commonweal's Bishops And Religious Liberty / By Martin E. Marty -- 57. Adiaphora / By Seth Perry -- 58. A Jewish Classic For Muslims / By James T. Robinson -- 59. The Swift Rise And Apparent Demise Of Jesus' Wife / By Trevor W. Thompson And David C. Kneip -- 60. Divorce's Toll / By Martin E. Marty -- 61. Christian Pop / By Martin E. Marty -- 62. Strange Bedfellows Scapegoat Russia's Gays / By Bryce E. Rich -- 63. The Doniger Affair : Freedom Of Scholarly Inquiry Takes An Ominous Turn In India / By Sunit Singh -- 64. Phone Versus Online Honesty / By Martin E. Marty -- 65. Ferguson / By Martin E. Marty -- 66. How Not To Understand Isis / By Alireza Doostdar -- 67. Plastic Religious Art : Playful To Some, Offensive To Others / By Spencer Dew -- 68. #jesuischarlie : Blasphemy In Hinduism And Censorship In India / By Wendy Doniger -- 69. After The Charlie Hebdo Massacre : Islam Must Open Itself To Critique / By Jean-luc Marion -- 70. A Reply To Jean-luc Marion's After Charlie Hebdo, Islam Must Critique Itself / By Bruce Lincoln And Anthony C. Yu -- 71. Another Take On After Charlie Hebdo, Islam Must Critique Itself / By Matthew Kapstein -- 72. Rifts In The Mormon Family : What Just Happened? / By Grant Hardy -- 73. Historic Paris Climate Agreement Reflects Years Of Advocacy By Religious People / By Sarah E. Fredericks -- 74. Southern Baptists / By Martin E. Marty -- 75. Easter's Deus Ex Machina / By Jeff Jay -- 76. The Last Trump? / By Roger Griffin -- 77. Children On Christian Or Secular Swings / By Martin E. Marty -- 78. How Waiting 108 Years Makes The Good Life / By Holly Swyers -- 79. An Event To Celebrate / By Peter J. Paris -- 80. In Defense Of The Liberal In The Study Of Religion / By Jeffrey Stackert -- 81. Many Sightings Of Hope / By Martin E. Marty -- 82. Dylann Roof, The Radicalization Of The Alt-right, And Ritualized Racial Violence / By Joel A. Brown -- 83. Myths Debunked : Why Did White Evangelical Christians Vote For Trump? / By Myriam Renaud -- 84. Rock, Paper, Scissors / By Sarah Hammerschlag -- 85. Sacred Sites Violated / By Martin E. Marty -- 86. The Church Militant / By Martin E. Marty -- 87. The Time Has Passed / By Emily D. Crews -- 88. Alien Citizens / By Martin E.marty -- 89. Look For The Jews / By Erikatritle -- 90. Being Hip-hop, Being Job, And Being / By Julian J.kwest Deshazier -- 91. The Meaning Of Religious Exemptions / By Franklin I. Gamwell -- 92. Taking The Unitarian Universalist Diversity Crisis Seriously / By Martin E. Marty -- 93. The Hidden Roots Of Betsy Devos's Educational Policies / By Willemien Otten -- 94. Rev. Dr. William Barber And The Sound Of Transcendence / By Braxton D. Shelley -- 95. Euthanasia, Dignity, And Spirituality Lite / By Martin E. Marty -- 96. Love Your Enemies : Moral Absurdity Or Genius? / By Audrey D. Thompson -- 97. Closings / By Martin E. Marty -- 98. Visiting A Fellow Human At The Benedictine Monastery / By Alan Levinovitz -- 99. Historical Justice In An Era Of #metoo : Legacies Of John Howard Yoder / By Rachel Waltner Goossen -- 100. Jerusalem / By Paul Mendes-flohr. Edited By Brett Colasacco ; Foreword By Willemien Otten ; Introduction By W. Clark Gilpin. The One Hundred Essays In This Volume Were Previously Published In Sightings, A Digital Journal.. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.