The Lovely Embrace of Pain

Another principle characteristic of Lucretius’ view is that it ultimately seeks painlessness. For this purpose, Lucretius urges isolation. However, there are two critical issues with this goal-orientation.

Jamie Har | Cornell Claritas | Fall 2017

Faith in a Crowded Space

Yet most important to Dante, beyond the universe’s organization and population, is the fact that he was connected to it, and that the whole thing was powered by love.

Tess Fitzsimmons | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2017

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

Review: C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce

C. S. Lewis’ work builds on the tradition of previous works to insert his perspective into the existing debate about the nature of the afterlife.

Sara Holston | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2016

Discerning Fact from Fiction: Christianity’s Middle Eastern Heritage

First, the Western-Christian imagination has in many ways hijacked the Jesus story, and changed it into a distinctly Western narrative that deviates from the history and truth of the real biblical setting.

Sharidan Russell | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2016

You Be the Judge: Shakespeare’s Moral Universe

There is, however, a fundamental difference between the approach of Milton and Dante on the one hand and Shakespeare on the other.

Danielle D’Souza | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2015

August 2018