There’s No Place Like Heimat: How the Culture We Consume Reflects Our Desires

Heimat is an example of the universal desire that we share when we long for an ideal home with comfort and acceptance.

Elizabeth Schmucker | Cornell Claritas | Spring 2019

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

War of the Words

Which areas on campus are to operate as safe havens for students who want to be surrounded by people who share their views, and which spaces are where respectable discourse and argument is permissible?

Zachary Lee | Cornell Claritas | Fall 2017

Who Do You Say That I Am? – Pseudo-Dionysius on the Divine Names

In brief, the problem of understanding the divine names is the problem of discovering how a superhuman significance could possibly dwell within a language that has developed squarely within the boundary lines of human realities and human concerns.

Nicholas Zahorodny | Swarthmore Peripateo | Fall 2015

History’s Jesus: An Exploration of Historical Analysis

Scholars have developed a number of criteria to inform an accurate reconstruction of the historical Jesus. Among Ehrman’s preferred methods are independent attestation and the principle of dissimilarity.

India Perdue | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2017

Standing United: A Rhetoric Major’s Reflection

Although nothing is necessarily wrong with standing against something that is wrong, the implications of the word “against” reiterates the divided and polarizing environment we are looking to transcend.

Victoria Lai | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2017

Interpreting Inspiration: Linking God, Mankind, and the Written Word

Inspiration in a theological sense is not equivalent to the inspiration a musician or a painter might feel to produce art.

Matthew West | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2015

In Pursuit of Morality

The indicative and imperative grammar moods convey the fundamental truth in Christianity that how a person becomes more moral is through the foundational work of God transforming the person.

Joshua Jeon | Cornell Claritas | Spring 2016

“Criminal” is the Wrong Word

Today, the United States of America represents 5% of the world’s population, but 22% of the world’s incarcerated population is in an American prison or jail.

Emani Pollard | Cornell Claritas | Spring 2016

Examining the Synoptic Gospel Problem

Although the Synoptic problem is usually put forth as a primarily literary problem, more recent advances in our knowledge of oral traditions have made scholars start to shift the emphasis given to the role of oral memory and traditions in their views of the Synoptic overlaps and differences.

Erik Johnson | MIT et Spiritus | Spring 2017

When in Doubt: The New Testament’s Veracity

When we say the Bible is “God-inspired,” “God-breathed” or “God’s Word” what do we mean? If it does not contain Jesus’s words, is it God’s Word? Is the New Testament verbatim of God? I thought it was.

Kelsey Waddill | The Hopkins Dialectic | Spring 2017

Spanish Mass at Harvard

I imagine there are other bilingual students at Harvard who experience these same discouragements at worship services for other faiths. However, this investigation will focus particularly on the experience of Spanish-speaking Catholics.

Marina Spinelli | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2016

Veritas Forum: Selfish Genes, Generous Soul?

Columbia Prof. Hughes then asked UNC Chapel Hill Prof. Sethupathy how there could be no evidence of God. The universe, to Hughes, didn’t seem to require a God.

Crystal Ren | The Columbia Crown & Cross | Fall 2015 (blog)

Printing in Tongues

Through printmaking I’ve been able to find a balance in my practice between the joy of organic expression and the challenge of thoughtful design.

Morgan Young | The Wheaton Pub | 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 2015

How to Agape Love

The primary vocation of every person is to love, to strive for an agape love that extends beyond a philia love.

Marina Spinelli | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 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 2015

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

A Response to Thomas Paine’s Age of Reason

Thomas Paine, a famed Revolutionary political activist and Founding Father, is also remembered for his attempts to expose Christianity as a fraud in his pamphlet Age of Reason; Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology.

Suiwen Liang | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2012

Deconstruction and the Nature of God’s Grace

The Christian Church often either exuberantly embraces postmodernism or rejects it fully. Both of these extremist views show a willingness to put too much hope in human philosophies, a willingness which Saint Paul warns against in Colossians 2:8.

Caroline Suresh | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2013

Language and Its Uses: The Difficulty in Communicating with a Heavenly God

Scripture is littered with evidence that our voices — our interaction with God through language — have divine importance and implication.

Gabriel Brotzman | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Spring 2013 Volume II Issue II

A Scholar’s Parrot

Do we, as humans, really just fake sentiments such as selfless love in the same way parrots babble with no true understanding behind their speech?

Linnea Peckham | The Wheaton Pub | Fall 2012, Vol. 8, Issue 1

The Story of Peripateo in the Swarthmore Gazette

Founding members discuss Peripateo, a new journal of Christian discourse and artwork at Swarthmore College. Hanna Lehmann '13, Editor-in-Chief, adds, "Through the publication, we aspire to think critically and struggle with ideas of faith, reason, and truth.”

| The Swarthmore Daily Gazette |

A Review of John Lennox’s Seven Days that Divide the World

If we fail to address the seeming inconsistencies between science and the Bible, we risk reinforcing the widespread belief that science deals with reality while the Bible deals with fantasy.

Bryan Padilla | The Harvard Ichthus | Volume 8, Number 1, Spring 2012

Wisdom in the Inward Parts

For a long time, I never strayed into discussions about the relation between science and religion; however, ten years ago, I found myself in a position where I had to say something.

Professor John Huth | The Harvard Ichthus | Volume 8, Issue 1, Spring 2012

Linguistics and the Bible

Analyzing the Bible as an inspired piece of literature without taking into account the scientific constraints of human language is misguided.

Christopher Hopper | The Harvard Ichthus | Volume 7, Number 4, Winter 2011

Mustard Seed Faith

Confirmation bias is a psychological phenomenon which describes our tendency to seek out information that confirms our opinions and beliefs while avoiding information that contradicts what we believe. I take a lot more time on each page when I’m reading C.S. Lewis compared to Richard Dawkins.

Andy Morgosh | The Williams Telos | Spring 2012

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