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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter, Nathan J. Hardy explores how defenders of Trump’s golden statue echo Christian arguments on relics and icons, framing political devotion as saintly honor. Read more via ow.ly/SMam50Z5eFm
#ReligiousStudies #FaithAndPolitics
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter, Russell P. Johnson examines how the Star Wars movies offer a spirituality that resonates with many religious believers, but there are downsides to studios being in the mythmaking business. Read more via ow.ly/ixAL50Z2Swi
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In this week's Sightings essay for @MartyCenter, David Barr examines how William Schweiker teaches students to think independently, face reality honestly, and pursue an ethics grounded in human dignity. Read more via martycenter.org/sightings/wi…
#AcademicEthics #MoralPhilosophy
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter, Becky Garrison explores how “spiritual narcissists” exploit religious language, using charisma for power and profit, prioritizing money and status over genuine compassion. Read more via ow.ly/5cfi50YUCq8
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter, Rebekah Mui examines how Duggar-linked IBLP teachings stress obedience and forgiveness in ways that silence victims and protect abusers within a rigid religious system. Read more via martycenter.org/sightings/de…
#DuggarFamily #IBLP
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In this week's Sightings essay for The Marty Center, Shaun Blanchard explores how Trump's feud with Pope Leo echoes past Vatican-state conflicts, highlighting Catholicism’s complex role in American politics. Read more via ow.ly/Orbz50YO2HN
#Catholicism #Vatican
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In this week's Sightings essay for @MartyCenter, Mat Messerschmidt examines how Nietzsche’s “death of God” expands online, where algorithms fracture discourse and turn shared values into divisive anti-values. Read more via ow.ly/5Omw50YKxk0
#Nietzsche #DeathOfGod
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter, Deepak Sarma examines how psychedelics raise urgent questions about religion, law, and experience. Divinity schools must engage their resurgence and rethink spiritual categories. Read more via martycenter.org/sightings/wh…
#Psychedelics
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter, Charles Hawkins explores how Taxation is part of a robust religious ethic since it can reduce inequality, preserve dignity, and define care for the vulnerable as a shared responsibility. Read more via ow.ly/6Cex50YxO1E
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Only a few hours remain to give! The Marty Center is building bridges between the academy and the broader public to advance knowledge and combat misinformation. Join our work today via givetoday.uchicago.edu/schoo…
#UChiGivingDay #UGiveUChiDiv
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Giving Day is here! The Martin E. Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion was founded on the belief that understanding religion is critical to a functional society. Join the community and support our work by giving a gift for Giving Day via ow.ly/gRRE50YyUZB
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This week's Sightings is a three-part publication on religion and ethics in the hit show Pluribus, featuring articles by Emanuelle Burton of UIC, Rick Elgendy of Wesley Theological Seminary, and @UChicago PhD student Amar Peterman. Read more via ow.ly/MTly50YyTvb.
#Pluribus
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In this week's Sightings essay for @MartyCenter, Paul Pribbenow explains how Operation Metro Surge brought fear to Augsburg, but a lived theology of neighborliness endures, serving a diverse community with courage and care. Read more via ow.ly/iBBw50YpeZa
#Augsburg
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter, Richard Amesbury explores that as ICE raids hit Minneapolis, churches mobilize aid, signaling renewed public engagement and a possible reemergence of progressive Christianity. Read more via ow.ly/E3y750YlfLk
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter, Justin N. Smolin examines how from a “God-Emperor” meme to the “No Kings” protests, Trump’s kingly image exposes a clash at the heart of America’s republican tradition. Read more via martycenter.org/sightings/on…
#PoliticalAnalysis
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter, Russell P. Johnson explores how AI doomsaying mirrors religious apocalypticism, where prophets of destruction also promise salvation, revealing a faith in technology disguised as fear of it. Read more via martycenter.org/sightings/th…
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter Sarah Zager examines how Minnesotans’ “neighbor” language reveals the limits of grounding social responsibility in physical proximity and personal encounter. Read more via ow.ly/7VZY50Y8RYU
#minnestoa #iceout #neighborly
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In this week's Sightings essay for @MartyCenter Carl Southwell explores how analyzed through the works of Martin Marty and Jonathan Z. Smith, Trump's rhetoric echoes that of Jim Jones, building loyalty and sharpening division. Read more via ow.ly/45Wl50Y4y4F
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In this week's Sightings essay for @MartyCenter Kristi Del Vecchio explains how teaching climate fiction helps students face loss without fatalism, imagine ethical lives, and sustain hope amid environmental crisis. Read more via ow.ly/GtiH50Y0LQN
#ClimateFiction
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In this week's Sightings essay for @martycenter Robert Saler examines how "Wake Up Dead Man" reimagines clerical corruption, shifting the threat from lust or greed to rage, grievance, and culture-war ideology for modern times. Read more at ow.ly/9Q7w50XWQPs
#WakeUpDeadMan
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