The Peculiar Shape of Christian Identity

For Christians, personal identity is story-shaped (not abstract), derivative (not intrinsic), other-centered (not autonomous), and incomplete (not fully available to us in the here and now).

Teal McGarvey and Nick Nowalk | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2016

Black Families and Labor Markets in the Post-Reconstruction Era

Failure to take the Black family on their own terms and in their own contexts has led many cultural critics to assign blame Black culture for the high poverty and single-motherhood rates that seem to afflict the poor Black community.

Michael Chen | The Wheaton Pub | Fall 2016

A Restorative Response to Injustice

It is easy to look at a perpetrator and say that the problem lies uniquely in him or her. Yet I do not think Christians can do that.

Molly Richmond | The Harvard Ichthus | Spring 2016

The Abortion Doula Paradox

I would not for a minute occlude the compassion and self-sacrifice that abortion doulas freely display, nor can I deem their actions good in light of how their work undercuts specific potential for human life.

Veronica Wickline | The Harvard Ichthus | Spring 2015

Starting at the Beginning of Justice

As God made it good, we are charged in that way to seek and uphold the good in our aspirations for justice in all of its expressions on our campus – economic justice, environmental justice, and social justice.

Amanda Perkins | The Bowdoin Agathos | Spring 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

Jesus, America and the Middle East

Throughout my upbringing and young adulthood, I have been confronted by Jesus’ amazing and radical love while also witnessing unloving political acts directed at those affiliated with the Middle East.

Danica Harootian | The Claremont Ekklesia | Fall 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

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

Yahweh: God Unbounded

While we must remember Schrödinger’s lesson—God’s true essence is never changed by our classifications—we must also be wary of how our misconceptions of God may restrict how we experience him in our lives.

Amira Athanasios | The Claremont Ekklesia | Fall 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

June 2018