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Searching for the Ear of God
I myself reckoned with the reality I faced: I also thought prayer was sort of stupid. It certainly felt stupid, primarily for two reasons.
Jesse Rines | The Hopkins Dialectic | Spring 2017
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
The Power of the Gospel: Experiences of Christian Slaves in the Antebellum South
The “invisible institution” - as historians have referred to slave religion for years – was able to foster organization in the slave community through enslaved spiritual leaders and the secret religious meetings they held.
Luke Julian | Vanderbilt Synesis | Fall 2017January 2018
Interview with N. T. Wright: The Reality of the Resurrection and the Mission of the Church
"If you believe that the evidence for the resurrection to be compelling, why do you think so many people nonetheless reject it?"
The Dartmouth Apologia Staff | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2016
War and Peace in Christian Tradition
What are some wise insights and necessary points of reflection that we, Christian or not, should take heed of when confronted with violence, war and the question of justice?
Erik Johnson | MIT et Spiritus | Fall 2016December 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
Lending and Borrowing: A Christian Perspective
This paper will delve further into what the Bible has to say about lending and borrowing, how its interpretation has changed over time, and how it can work in today’s society.
Roy Walker | Swarthmore Peripateo | 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
Is the Church Inherently Conservative?
I am not trying to decide once and for all if the church falls on the conservative side of the American political spectrum.
David Paiva | The Harvard Ichthus | Spring 2016
Self, Society, and the Trinitarian Posture
The Christian understanding of human nature instead presents a picture that merges collectivism and individualism into one coherent whole.
Amanda Wang | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2016October 2017
The Hidden Life of Liturgical Chant in Rachmaninoff’s Music
Rachmaninoff, always inspired by the elder Tchaikovsky, also decided to try his hand at liturgical music, but unlike most of his contemporaries, he found something very affecting about it, and after studying chant in depth, he composed a significant amount for the Church.
Ben Costello | The Hopkins Dialectic | Fall 2016
An Interview with Professor John Inazu
"Well, I think of pluralism in two ways: one is a descriptive fact about the world: we have deep and irresolvable differences between us, and so the question is, what do we do with them?"
Washington University in St. Louis Kairos Staff | Washington University in St. Louis Kairos | Fall 2017
God Loves Hip-Hop
Hip-hop will never be a “perfect” platform for God’s message because humans will never be “perfect” vessels for God’s message, yet many of its musicians recognize their God-given blessings and brokenness and are excited to project them into the musical world.
Abigail Rogers-Berner | The Hopkins Dialectic | Spring 2017September 2017
Politics: Where Do We Go From Here?
At its root, politics is not even really about addressing the latest national controversy or advancing a particular agenda, but about bringing us together as citizens to do what we can’t do on our own.
Sam Elder | MIT et Spiritus | Fall 2016
Do Ethnic Communities Have a Place in Christianity?
When I was exposed to different faith traditions and practices in college, I found myself doubting aspects of my home church that I had previously been so fond of.
Amos Jeng | The Hopkins Dialectic | Spring 2017August 2017
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An Interview with Tim Nelson: Christianity and Social Justice
"The pattern of the world is to segregate, to separate, to dominate, for people to try to get as much as they can for themselves."
Karl Johnson | The Hopkins Dialectic | Spring 2016
Hope in the Midst of Hurt: A Critique of Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates has been labeled this generation’s flagbearer for social justice and chief warrior against anti-Black racism.
Noah Black | The Vanderbilt Synesis | Spring 2016
For the Good of All Creation: A Christian Ecological Ethic
Ecological crisis, whether as dramatic as some predict or not, means we must reconsider the beliefs implicit in a system that exploits humans, creatures, and natural resources.
Nicole Newell | St. Olaf Avodah | Spring 2015April 2016
March 2016
Faith and Learning
Does Christianity pose a challenge to intellectual inquiry?
Trevor Davis | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2015
Where Power and Fear Collide
Christ challenges [the Chinese government's] traditional notion of power with a picture of power that is voluntarily self-limiting.
Jonathan Chen | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2015February 2016
An Interview With Professor Susan Ashbrook Harvey
"Simply out of interest, I took Ancient Greek my freshman year. It transformed my life!"
Justin Sohn | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Fall 2015
Wealth in the Church
Does a capitalist society create paradigms that are contrary to Christ’s message? Interview with Yale history and religion professor Carlos Eire.
The Yale Logos | The Yale Logos | Fall 2015January 2016
November 2015
All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Evangelicalism
Sometime in the mid-1990s, sickened by what I perceived as the shallowness of evangelical culture in suburban Wheaton, Illinois, I launched into the post-hippie, proto-hipster nightlife of Chicago.
Matthew Milliner | Wheaton Pub | Spring 2015
Tu, Vous, and the Gospel
In a city where it is smart to have high walls and strong front gates, it left an impression to be welcomed in so quickly and so warmly by a community that did not know me.
Andrew Zulker | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2015August 2015
April 2015
How Does God View Ethnicity?
Since the concept of ethnicity is of human construction, I do wonder: does God see ethnicity?
Elizabeth Jean-Marie | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Fall 2014
Revisiting the Puritans: Recreation, Community, and the Christian Mind
One of the most significant things that [the Puritans] have left behind, I believe, is the emphasis on a liberal arts education.
Nathaniel Schmucker | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2014March 2015
January 2015
December 2014
The Gift of Confession
The desire to confess may seem counter-intuitive. Obviously the seeker-sensitive movement assumed this was the last thing non-Christians wanted to do.
James K. A. Smith | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2014
Tweeting Indulgences
We stand as careful guardians of church practice, not as nostalgic Luddites, when we say that issuing a plenary indulgence to those who follow an event over social media deserves a cautious examination.
Michael Toy | Princeton Revisions | Fall 2013September 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 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 2014August 2014
The Visible and Invisible Church
The invisible church is a term for all believers in Jesus Christ. ... A visible church is a human organization that supports Christians in their varied expressions of belief, trust, in Christ.
Steven Lee | St. Olaf Avodah | Spring 2014
The Cosmic Import of Marriage
The Bible is bookended by weddings.
Markus Boesl | The Yale Logos | Fall 2013July 2014
Responding to a Mother’s Schizophrenia
My mother is schizophrenic. During her moments of irrationality, I am tempted to curse God for inflicting her with such an illness.
Anonymous | Princeton Revisions | Spring 2009
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
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
Costly Consolation: Freud’s Illusion and Bonhoefferian Grace
Sigmund Freud once wrote that the idea of religion is “born from man’s need to make his helplessness tolerable.”
Paul Escher | St. Olaf Avodah | Spring 2014