Everything Else Thrown In: C.S. Lewis on Identity

Given Lewis’s conversion experience, then, what distinguished his curiosity from cynicism? How did he draw a conclusion into which he could invest his identity?

Kara Anderson | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2019

Why Politics?

Have we limited the church’s full support of Christians in “secular” fields, diminishing their calling as ambassadors in “secular” spheres of society?

Isabella Chow | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2018

Augustine Collective Leaders Retreat 2018

Highlights from the Leaders Retreat, April 13-15, 2018

Twenty-eight students representing the core leadership from 15 journals convened in the greater Boston area to share ideas, grow intellectually, and build community together.

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Highlights from the Annual Retreat 2018

With over 220 students and alumni from more than 20 colleges in attendance, this year's retreat was by far our largest yet!

Augustine Collective | Augustine Collective News | January 19-20, 2018

Standing United: A Rhetoric Major’s Reflection

Although nothing is necessarily wrong with standing against something that is wrong, the implications of the word “against” reiterates the divided and polarizing environment we are looking to transcend.

Victoria Lai | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2017

Reforming Insignificance in the Church

I realize that this type of culture does not predominate all Christian churches, but I do have to acknowledge that these types of communities exist, and I’ve been a victim of them.

Diana Lutfi | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2016

Resting in the Land of the Lotus-Eaters

We are able to fully understand and sympathize with the sailors’ situation because seeing their vulnerability, we unconsciously yet fundamentally acknowledge our own susceptibility to the same evil.

Eleanor Duan | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2016

The Strongest Argument Against Christianity

I think that the strongest argument against Christianity can be made by comparing modern Christians with the Bible.

James Frederick | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2016

Boundary Lessons From Infants

What happens when I am securely attached to God? I have the freedom to explore, like the securely attached infants who used their mothers as a base from which they explored the room.

Lisa Ann Yu | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2016

Boundaries

We invite you to look for the beauty that boundaries can create and to heal the wounds cut by divisive boundaries.

Laura Clark | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2016

Control//Support

Power, in our modern context, consists of (1) the ability to do things others are not able to do, or (2) the ability to control others’ actions directly.

Andrew Chang | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2017

“Scientia Potentia Est”

Scientia potentia est, more commonly known as “knowledge is power,” is an aphorism suggesting that higher forms of knowledge correlate with greater power.

Lauren Hall | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2017

On the Dignity of Sex

I myself have felt resentment and bitterness towards notions of “purity” and “chastity,” and rejected them as highly antiquated concepts that only objectified people.

A. S. Bethel | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2017

Highlights from the West Coast Retreat 2017

The 2nd Augustine Collective West Coast Retreat was held in Cambria, CA from March 3rd-4th, 2017.

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The Manna of Human Rights

As aforementioned, the lack of a solid foundation for human rights and dignity provides leeway for human rights violations and impunity for perpetrators of atrocities.

Aurora Ling | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2016

The Human Idiot and the Superhuman Giant

From these imperfections, one can obtains oxymoronic requirements for a hero to be capable of saving: intimate acquaintance with human suffering and superhuman strength to endure suffering for others.

Amanda Gee | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2016

The Dilemma of Faith in a Secular Age

Likewise, ours is an age in which believers and non-believers alike struggle with doubt about whether our beliefs are indeed the right ones.

Micaela Walker | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2016

The Primacy of Relationships

As a newly minted business professional and a Christian young adult, my spirit longed to find business mindsets congruent with the truths of the Gospel.

John Knox | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2016

Perfect Justice

There is something that God can do that we can’t, and that is to give each one of us perfect justice.

Zelina Gaytan | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2015

Highlights from the West Coast Retreat 2016

The 1st Augustine Collective West Coast Retreat was held in Cambria, CA from February 26th-27th.

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Social Justice and the Eucharistic Life

Although the Church was not the source of the injustices in their community, they believed those who were wasteful or did not give freely exacerbated the suffering of others.

Monica Mikhail | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2015

“Speak Up” – UC Berkeley Cafe Night

On May 2, UC Berkeley's journal TAUG celebrated the publication of their Spring 2015 issue with a bi-annual Cafe Night.

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A Few Thoughts on “the Future”

This problematic tension between one’s desires to make an indelible mark upon the memory of this world and the elusive nature of the future is resolved in a very unexpected way within the Christian tradition.

Viktor Palenyy | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2014

Blessed Endurance

The Book of Job was one that I found initially too intimidating to read and I misconstrued it as merely a story about suffering.

Stephanie Yom | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2014

Strangers in a Strange Land

What exactly does it mean to “seek the welfare of the city”?

Lisa Ann Yu | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2014

The Limitations of Science, and the Necessity of Faith

All this to say, I consider science an important part of my identity, and I do not demean the discipline lightly. That said, we will examine four of science’s limitations.

Seong Min (Daniel) Yoo | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2014

An Interview with Professor Jeffrey Reimer

"[On science and faith:] It’s like living with your brother. You’re different but you’re close, and that’s how conflict can arise too."

Jonathan Chan & Chloe Ng | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2014

Scope of Scientific Inquiry

The qualifications of scientific knowledge will aid us in seeing to what extent science is capable of speaking what is true about the reality, and in turn, concerning what is true about religion.

Mu Young Jeong | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2014

On Olber’s Paradox

The question my dad posed was this: “Does there necessarily have to have been a beginning?”

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UC Berkeley’s TAUG Hosts Cafe Night

"Each Cafe Night is based on the theme of the journal. This semester's Cafe Night was called "To Know in Part" because the theme of our Spring 2014 issue is Science and Faith."

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The Pain of Privilege

Because of this privilege, there are generally two ways Christians at Berkeley come to grips with this reality: the path characterized by guilt and the path characterized by obligation.

David Park | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2013

Love Pain

Retaliation is only fair. It is widely accepted that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. It is only natural. But nothing about the Gospel is natural.

Joshua Joo | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2013

How Can the Gods Meet Us Face to Face?

The writer and Christian apologist G.K. Chesterson wrote, “Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity,” and Till We Have Faces is this sort of necessary fiction that doesn’t only alter our perspective but has the power to call into question who we are and what we live for.

Micaela Walker | UC Berkeley To An Unknown God | Volume 6, Issue 1, Spring 2013

October 2019