November 2018
August 2018
March 2018

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
A Call to Work
Through examining the biblical notions of calling and vocation, we will see how these seemingly opposites – a longing for something grand and the reality of the mundane – actually complement each other.
Elizabeth Schmucker | Cornell Claritas | Spring 2017January 2018

Wonder Woman: Is Love Really All We Need?
Wonder Woman has the opportunity to save humanity, but, especially in light of the human cruelty she witnesses in battle, she struggles with the fact that humans freely choose to commit such atrocities to each other.
Hailey Scherer | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2017
The Numinous and the Natural: Christianity and Environmentalism
The Tragedy of the Commons shows us that the destruction of the environment is an issue regarding not only how people relate to one another, but also how we relate to nature.
Jeffrey Poomkudy | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2017December 2017
November 2017

More Than Money: Poverty As a Spiritual Problem
"And so poverty as a spiritual problem is what’s going on in the souls of the poor people, and the souls of the people who let poverty continue."
Olugbenga Joseph | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Spring 2016
When in Doubt: The New Testament’s Veracity
When we say the Bible is “God-inspired,” “God-breathed” or “God’s Word” what do we mean? If it does not contain Jesus’s words, is it God’s Word? Is the New Testament verbatim of God? I thought it was.
Kelsey Waddill | The Hopkins Dialectic | Spring 2017October 2017
September 2017

Sanctuary and the Law
Sanctuary existed as a strong legal tradition from the reign of Theodosius and throughout the medieval period in canon and English common law.
Megan Stater | The Columbia Crown & Cross | Fall 2016
The Integration of Modern Psychology and the Philosophical Virtues in the Christian Worldview
A psychological professional who is truly concerned for an individual’s well-being ought to awaken them to a sense of their human dignity, to help them recognize disorders in their lives, and to accompany them along the path of healing and self-discovery.
Blake Tamez | The Vanderbilt Synesis | Fall 2016March 2017
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September 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
Debunking Galileo’s Science v. Faith Controversy
Despite the end result of unresolved dispute, both the Church and Galileo approached every stage of the conflict with an understanding that both science and faith contained indisputable truths.
Macy Ferguson | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2014