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 2016

Postmodernism and the Paradox of Tolerance

Postmodernism conflates truth and personhood, and in doing so confines the person to a state of perpetual insecurity and vulnerability. It is this fear of violence that prevents modern persons from recognizing the inherent dignity of their peers.

Joshua Tseng-Tham | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2017

The Manna of Human Rights

As aforementioned, the lack of a solid foundation for human rights and dignity provides leeway for human rights violations and impunity for perpetrators of atrocities.

Aurora Ling | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2016

Human Dignity and the Image of God

A naturalistic conception of reality that holds on to ethereal conceptions of the individual cannot give an account for human dignity and worth.

Mwangi Thuita | The Cornell Claritas | Fall 2015

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

Gendered Grace in the Book of Isaiah

The real beauty of Isaiah’s strategy is how he declaws the female stereotypes of weakness and promiscuity and proceeds to deflect their stigma upon the very males that perpetuated them.

Sarah Durham | The Columbia Crown and Cross | Spring 2014

The Crownless Again Shall Be King

We believe that the Christian faith can contribute much to an academic life. We’re also convinced that the ideas and diversity of a university can enrich the life of faith.

The Columbia Crown & Cross Editorial Board | The Columbia Crown & Cross | Spring 2014

Salvific Suffering and the Dark Night of the Soul

We have begun to “anaesthetize our existence,” writes biblical scholar Luke Timothy Johnson. Our public discourse often assumes that the most difficult lives are simply not worth living.

Robert Smith | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2013

Becoming Oneself: C.S. Lewis’ Allegory of the Afterlife

Accepting dignity rather than attempting to create it requires faith, for we must trust that what God has designed us to be is greater than anything we could mold ourselves into.

Macy Ferguson | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2013

Christianity and Feminism: A Look into the Work of Mary Astell

The foundation of Mary Astell's argument was the concept that it was men, not God, nor women themselves, who made women inferior. In a world that was constantly arguing for the natural inferiority of women, this was a radical idea.

Steffi Ostrowski | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2013, Volume 7, Issue 2

September 2017