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
Conversations that Change Minds
How can we facilitate meaningful dialogue between people with differing ideological beliefs?
Ronald Davis | MIT et Spiritus | Spring 2018February 2018
January 2018
December 2017
Proving the Existence of God: Defending Descartes’ Causal Argument
Descartes’ work offers an enlightening perspective on the commonly spouted claim that Christianity is a game of blindness.
Jessica Tong | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2016
A Picture Not a Copy: Gadamer Helps Us Honor Art (And Each Other)
At the beginning of Truth and Method Gadamer attempts to rehabilitate art as not merely an aesthetic experience, but as a genuine mode of knowing truth.
Michael Mullaney | The Wheaton Pub | 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 2016November 2017
September 2017
August 2017
Peace in Toil
The Christian worldview presents a framework for work that resolves many of the issues which arise from Stoicism and Materialism.
Samuel Ching | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2016
How to Reject Jesus
There are a number of approaches to rejecting Jesus Christ as being God. I have chosen the four I find most common and most natural to assert.
Bobby Peretti | The Hopkins Dialectic | Fall 2016July 2017
May 2017
February 2017
October 2016
Can God and Free Will Coexist? Examining the Augustinian Solution
If God knows what is going to happen in the future, and his power necessarily brings this event into being, then it seems like all events occur independently of human agency.
Joshua Tseng-Tham | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2016
Rediscovering Aristotle, Aquinas, and Classical Theism: an interview with Edward Feser
A former atheist, Dr. Feser converted back to the Catholicism of his youth after an extensive study of St. Thomas Aquinas’ thought and philosophy.
The Dartmouth Apologia | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2016July 2016
June 2016
Finding Meaning in a Mysterious World: A Guide to Following the Religious Sense
Our religious sense, so defined earlier as our valences towards mystery, narrative and transformation, plays a critical role in our quest to find meaning in life.
Alex Wyvill | The Vanderbilt Synesis | 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 2016January 2016
Review of How (Not) to be Secular by James K. A. Smith
How (Not) To Be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor is what the author himself, James K. A. Smith, calls “your hitchhiker’s guide to the present.”
Nicholas Chuan | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Fall 2015
The Problem of Evil: An Ichthus Roundtable
In addition to our own thoughts, we provide links to a wide variety of pieces on the problem of evil by professional philosophers.
The Harvard Ichthus Staff | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2015June 2015
The Veracity of the Gospels
Questionable historicity and copying practices are listed as reasons why students should not believe that the Gospels give us a legitimate view of Christ.
Titus Willis | The Columbia Crown & Cross | Spring 2015
God in Mathematics and Philosophy: An Interview with John Lennox
People often ask me, “What is the probability that God exists?” I say to them, “What is the probability that you exist?”
Luke Dickens and Stephanie Liu | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2015May 2015
April 2015
March 2015
October 2014
Why Apologetics? An interview with David Skeel
Rather than assuming that most people hold loosely Christian views, or trying to demonstrate that non-Christian views have no foundation, I focus on how Christianity explains the world as we actually experience it.
Nathaniel Schmucker | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2014
Does Divine Mercy Contradict Divine Justice?
If justice is giving what is due and mercy is overlooking what is due then it appears that justice and mercy really are contradictory.
Danielle D'Souza | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2014
Rebellion Against the Bible?
There are four general strains of reasoning that argue for the reliability of the Bible: internal consistency, archaeological evidence, manuscript evidence, and logical extrapolation from history.
Dabin Hwang | The Harvard Ichthus | Spring 2013September 2014
In Defense of Miracles
While a thorough defense of theism is outside of the scope of this article, let us quickly consider some of the arguments for theism and against naturalism.
Rachel McKee | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2014
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
Why Study Theology?
An understanding of different religions is important in a world where theological beliefs enter into the political field on a regular basis.
Sara Holston | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2014February 2014
The Church Fathers and the Rationality of Christianity: An Interview with Dr. Sara Parvis
Clement of Alexandria complained that his fellow Christians thought of philosophy as some kind of ogre and ran screaming when they heard it.
Dr. Sara Parvis, Chris Hauser | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2013
A Reflection on the Ontological Argument
Wrapping our heads around the idea that “to exist is better than to not exist” is critical to our faith.
Charles Min | Princeton Revisions | December 2013December 2013
A Response to Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion
[Dawkins] believes that a God who created the universe would be too complex a beginning to be the most probable cause of the universe.
Yesuto Shaw | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2012
Keep Asking
In the absence of a story that connects us to what is going on around us, we find that any sort of yearning for purpose is quickly replaced by a frenzied and arbitrary pursuit of desires. The Christian faith leads us elsewhere.
Roshni Patel | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2012November 2013
October 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
February 2013
January 2013
November 2012
August 2012
Is Anything Worth Believing In? A Review of a Conversation with John Lennox
God could have easily made a universe in which bad things didn’t happen. However, Lennox argues that “the one thing you will not get in an automated, robotic, computerized universe is love, relationship, and so on... In order to have the possibility of love or relationship, you must create the possibility of choice.”
Sarah Banks | The UPenn Lamp Post | Issue 01, Spring 2012
A Review of The Meaning of Life: A Short Introduction
Perhaps we are making the false assumption that the question, “what is the meaning of life?” can have an answer like “what is the meaning of the word ‘apple’?” does. What do we really mean when we ask, “what is the meaning of life?”
Kelly Maeshiro | The Harvard Ichthus | Volume 7, Number 4, Winter 2011
Reflections on the Nature of Faith
Faith is unscientific (not anti-scientific) in the sense that much of the knowledge claimed by faith is beyond the scope of scientific inquiry. Christian faith seeks to obtain knowledge in the context of love and trust, not to function as a substitute for reason.
Henry Waller | Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2012, Volume 6, Issue 2
Mustard Seed Faith
Confirmation bias is a psychological phenomenon which describes our tendency to seek out information that confirms our opinions and beliefs while avoiding information that contradicts what we believe. I take a lot more time on each page when I’m reading C.S. Lewis compared to Richard Dawkins.
Andy Morgosh | The Williams Telos | Spring 2012
Recovering the Metaphysical Character of Truth
Since materialism, scientism, and relativism are popular positions in the academy today, many may not find Descartes’ legacy in these areas troubling. There exists, however, another, crucial error produced by Descartes’ philosophy that is obviously problematic, namely the artificiality of knowledge.
Chris Hauser | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2012, Volume 6, Issue 2
The Incarnation
Christianity doesn’t preach a distant God who turned a blind eye to mankind, but rather tells of a God who became a man himself. God didn’t simply send a message; He became the messenger. We recall this momentous occasion – the divine incarnation – each year at Christmas.
Jordan Monge | The Harvard Ichthus | Volume 7, Number 4, Winter 2011