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What the Debate on Religious Freedom Really Means
In this paper I categorize criticism of religious freedom into two groups and explore how the debate about religious freedom surfaces competing narratives about the purpose of individual choice.
Andrew Shi | Cornell Claritas | Spring 2016
The Problem of Christ as a Gift
Late 20th century philosopher Jacques Derrida calls into question the very possibility of gift-giving. The aporia of the gift, its dissipation upon coming into presence, presents a problem not only for philosophy, but also for Christianity.
Dan Ju | The Hopkins Dialectic | Spring 2017
Control//Support
Power, in our modern context, consists of (1) the ability to do things others are not able to do, or (2) the ability to control others’ actions directly.
Andrew Chang | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2017May 2017
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May 2015

Confession as Freedom
I would suggest that, logically, those who are the most enslaved are those who don’t even know that they’re slaves.
Nathan Otey | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2014
Freedom and Submission
The hours that go into surprise birthday parties, emergency hospital trips, and listening to feelings and frustrations are our submission to one another.
Vivian Zhang | Claremont Ekklesia | Spring 2015April 2015

Education for Liberty
I believe the Core actually holds out a unique and precious kind of liberty, one far richer than the typical, tired myth about college.
Luke Foster | The Columbia Crown & Cross | Fall 2013
The Biblical Origins of Freedom as Non-Domination
What is Biblical freedom, or freedom from sin?
Jason Reid | The Columbia Crown & Cross | Fall 2014March 2015
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June 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
The Problem with Passivity
"If you aren’t okay with murder, then don’t murder anyone." Something tells me that this statement would not be a popular political position to take. Or maybe it would.
Natalie Hejduk | Princeton Revisions | Fall 2013May 2014
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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
Faith and Reason
Truth, the great 13th century philosopher Thomas Aquinas insisted, can only ever be one.
Christopher Hauser | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2012