Over the past few years I have designed and taught a course on Theorizing Religion and Violence. When faced with acts of such brutality, people often turn to the media – or, more often these days, social media – in order to make some sense of what strikes us as senseless violence. With 50 people murdered and over 50 more injured, the nightmare has only begun for many who were there, or who personally knew people at the club, or who, like myself, read about this horrific event through various media channels on Sunday morning. when police killed Omar Mateen, the alleged shooter who had been holding hostages from the club for nearly three hours. The nightmare that they experienced did not end until 5 a.m. on Sunday June 12th in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida gunshots were heard by patrons.