May 2018
March 2018
Who Do You Say That I Am? – Pseudo-Dionysius on the Divine Names
In brief, the problem of understanding the divine names is the problem of discovering how a superhuman significance could possibly dwell within a language that has developed squarely within the boundary lines of human realities and human concerns.
Nicholas Zahorodny | Swarthmore Peripateo | Fall 2015
On Faith and Docility
The docile spirit is embodied in St. Anselm’s motto, fides quaerens intellectum—faith seeking understanding.
Greg Brown | Swarthmore Peripateo | Fall 2015
Leavening and Life after Swarthmore
It turns out that rootedness isn’t actually a function of how long you stay in one place. It has to do with how you live when you’re there.
Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon | Swarthmore Peripateo | Fall 2015February 2018
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October 2014
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A Defense of the Argument from Motion
When I was first introduced to St. Thomas Aquinas’ Five Ways, I was unimpressed. I was a junior attending Catholic high school, and, at the time, I did not believe in God.
Greg Brown | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2014
Mercy of the Womb
In the English translation of the Bible, a quick search indicates that the word “mercy” appears approximately 261 times, absent in only 16 of the 66 books.
Erin Kast | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2014August 2014
July 2014
La Iglesia de San Pedro
The Church of San Pedro in Ávila is at the edge of a small plaza and grabbed my attention by its simplicity.
Nancy Yeon-Joo Kim | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2014
Following Christ Home
I tearfully explained my dilemma to my youth pastor over the phone. He listened, then said, “I think you should go home.”
Kathryn Wu | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2014June 2014
Christianity and the Pursuit of Happiness
From both a Christian angle and a humanist angle, I think happiness is not something we should be striving or aspiring towards, or viewing as the truth.
Christina Kellar | Swarthmore Peripateo |
Subsidiarity, Solidarity, and Social Teaching: A Catholic Perspective on Political Economy
In a statement echoed by President Obama, Francis laments the condition of a socioeconomic order in which “it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points.”
Nicholas Zahorodny | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2014
Knobs
Sometimes, I don't see the point in certain things. Then I remember... (Photo essay)
Sam Guiterrez | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2014May 2014
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Visitors
This photograph was taken at my friend’s house when I visited him during fall break. There are very few acts of trust more intimate and more vulnerable than opening up one’s home to another.
Sam Guiterrez | Swarthmore Peripateo | Fall 2013
Abundant Life, Abundant Love, and the Empty Tomb
At the empty tomb, I want to ask the same two questions as at the Cross - why is it necessary, and why is it possible?
Nathan Scalise | Swarthmore Peripateo | Fall 2013December 2013
Beautiful Things
In this photography, we strive to re-envision places of function and practicality as places of beauty.
Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2013
More Than Words
As an American I have been taught implicit and explicit lessons my whole life on what to order my life around, from family, to education, wealth, acceptance, etc. And while all of these things are good things, they all miss the point.
Tiffany Barron | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2013
