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September 2016
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May 2016
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 2014May 2014
April 2014
March 2014
Constantinople Captured! Ambition, Violence, and the Disunity of Christianity
How did Christians – who believe in peace – succumb to violence in this episode, and how do human failings affect the unity of Christians? Let us first consider the historical event.
Margaret Eichner | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2013
The Apostle Paul: Sexist or Pragmatist?
Unfortunately, it would seem, Paul was able to slip a few questionable passages past the Divine Editor and now modern Christians must simply closet these antiquated verses with embarrassment.
Colin Eckstein | The Claremont Ekklesia | Winter 2013
The Indispensable Image: Is the Church Really Necessary?
The question that haunts these chapters is: how will the nations come to know the one true God? Will it be through the futility of idols, or through the faithfulness of Israel?
Nick Nowalk | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2013February 2014
Religious but Not Spiritual
I don’t feel a spiritual energy, a spiritual connection, or a spiritual anything – especially when held in tension with the concrete, empirical, and measurable.
Michael Toy | Princeton Revisions | Fall 2013
Behold, I Stand at the Door
I am speaking up because I want Christians who think that there are no rapists in their midst or that sexual violence is an issue that only affects certain kinds of people to realize how different the truth looks.
Quitterie Gounot | Swarthmore Peripateo | Fall 2013
On 61 Main: An interview with Judy Williams, Healer
The entranceway of the Northern Berkshire Pregnancy Support Center (NBPSC) matched the adjacent storefronts; hollowed out of the main building there was space to unbutton a coat, shift a shoulder bag, or nervously shake off second thoughts before reaching for the door handle.
Bianca Brown | The Williams Telos | Fall 2013
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 2013January 2014
Reflections of a Brown Derby
There are nights when I try to sleep but can’t because I am preoccupied with Derby-related things – our adventures and gigs, the group dynamic, our relationships. These people have managed to occupy a nook in my heart that I never really thought I was willing to share.
Russyan Mark Mabeza | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Fall 2013
The Problem of Good: Is Christianity Necessary?
Just as people have taken the presence of evil as a reason to question the validity of Christianity, so also people have seen the presence of good as inconsistent with Christianity’s message.
Nathaniel Schmucker | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2013December 2013
November 2013
September 2013
August 2013
Why Wait? An Analysis of Christian Ethical Perspectives on Premarital Sex
The traditional Christian injunction against premarital sex, writes C. S. Lewis, “is so difficult and so contrary to our instincts, that obviously either Christianity is wrong or our sexual instinct, as it is now, has gone wrong."
Teng-Kuan Ng | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2012
The Messy Theology of Justice
Love is not about the show and discipline of religious habits, but about the raw, arduous, and messy everyday work of justice.
Hana Lehmann | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2013
