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April 2017
Ending Global Poverty

Ending Global Poverty: An Interview with Economist Paul Niehaus ’04

"The early 2000s were an incredibly exciting time to study development economics because we were just starting to use experimental testing in a big way – like clinical trials in medicine, or A/B testing in tech."

Peter Hickman | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2016

February 2017
The Manna of Human Rights

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

May 2016
Justice and Authority

Justice and Authority

To begin with, it will be helpful to note that this problem is not unique to 21st century American society.

Ryan Ward | The Bowdoin Agathos | Spring 2016
God, Good, and Evil

God, Good, and Evil

We must look for a foundation that incorporates within itself the moral laws we look for, not deriving itself from them as the societal laws do.

Samuel Cooper | The Hopkins Dialectic | Spring 2016

March 2016
Rethinking Human Rights

Rethinking Human Rights

Where did the human rights rhetoric come from, what story does it tell, and what effects does it have?

Andrew Zulker | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2015

February 2016
Human Dignity and the Image of God

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
Religion in the Age of Religious Terrorism

Religion in the Age of Religious Terrorism

Now, clearly a line is drawn somewhere between going to church and acts of terrorism, but is there a fundamental difference?

Thomas Hale | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Fall 2015

May 2015
Freedom Redefined

Freedom Redefined: A Christian Perspective on the Meaning of Freedom

While it is paradoxical that something so rigid-sounding as “law” results in freedom, Christianity asserts this bold claim.

Marissa Le Coz | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2014

April 2015
Hobby Lobby Implications and Misconceptions

Hobby Lobby Implications and Misconceptions

This past June, the Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether the owner of a closely held private company could be forced to provide types of birth control that violate his or her religious beliefs.

Andy Truelove | The Columbia Crown & Cross | Fall 2014

October 2014
Why Apologetics?

Why Apologetics? An interview with David Skeel

Rather than assuming that most people hold loosely Christian views, or trying to demonstrate that non-Christian views have no foundation, I focus on how Christianity explains the world as we actually experience it.

Nathaniel Schmucker | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2014

August 2014
Second Chances

Second Chances

How then can a Christian advocate punishment that never ends and a criminal background that never fades?

Jessica Zou | Princeton Revisions | Fall 2013

July 2014
Jesus and Women

Jesus and Women: Rebelling against Misogyny

The gospels tell of Jesus' extraordinary conduct towards women, which takes on a radical nature when considered in the context of the oppressive environment for women in the Ancient Middle East.

CJ Curtis | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2013

April 2014
The Pain of Privilege

The Pain of Privilege

Because of this privilege, there are generally two ways Christians at Berkeley come to grips with this reality: the path characterized by guilt and the path characterized by obligation.

David Park | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2013

May 2013
Why-Obey

Why Obey?

Acting in accordance with one’s desires is more a fact than a flaw of human beings. Any moral system that actually gets people to follow it must (not ought, must) not run counter to the personal desires of human beings.

Aaron Gyde | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2012, Volume 8, Number 3

April 2013
A Constitutional Interpretation of the Bible

A Constitutional Interpretation of the Bible

A large majority of my time this semester has been dedicated to studying constitutional interpretation for my freshman seminar. This has prompted me to think a lot about biblical interpretation, too, and how theories on constitutional interpretation might be applied to the Bible.

Jessica Zou | Princeton Revisions |

March 2013
Secular-Ethics-Find-Cohesion-in-Christ

Secular Ethics Find Cohesion In Christ

A Christian ethic derived from the Bible can incorporate each perspective in some fashion: existentially, we seek the inner satisfaction of living as God designed us to live; normatively, this design is based on God’s authoritative word and law; and situationally, we seek to obey God by finding opportunities to advance his kingdom.

Willis Zhang | UPenn Common Subjects |

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