December 2019
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Everything Else Thrown In: C.S. Lewis on Identity
Given Lewis’s conversion experience, then, what distinguished his curiosity from cynicism? How did he draw a conclusion into which he could invest his identity?
Kara Anderson | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2019
Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?: Interview with MIT Professor Ian Hutchinson
"In fact, a good case can be made that Christian theology, or Judeo-Christian understanding of creation coming from the Bible, was the very fertile philosophical and theological environment in which science found its birth."
Allen Lai | The Harvard Ichthus | Spring 2019September 2019
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A Clash in the Cosmos: Reflections on Madeleine L’Engle’s Classic Novel
A Wrinkle in Time might open with an ominous dark and stormy night, but the novel goes on to triumphantly remind us that love and light will ultimately prevail.
Naomi Kim | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Spring 2018
The Picture of Gray Pleasure
Solomon, son of Israel’s King David, lived hundreds of years before the fictional Dorian Gray, yet his life looked very similar.
Abi Bernard | Cornell Claritas | Spring 2018August 2018
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December 2017
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“Myth Become Fact”
Throughout history, countless characters have arisen who speak or act in ways that remind one of Christ. In light of this, how could Christianity explain its ideas as unique and more legitimate than others?
Becky Bowman Saunders | St Olaf Avodah | Spring 2015
Created to Creator
I encountered Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem “Pied Beauty” last fall, clasped in the pages of a green and white anthology. I immediately recognized its beauty; it is a playful thing, quick-witted and high-spirited.
Kate Massinger | The Harvard Ichthus | Spring 2016August 2017
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Augustine Collective Alum Obasi Shaw ’17 Awarded Honors for Rap Thesis at Harvard
Entitled “Liminal Minds,” the album combines such influences as Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper and Geoffrey Chaucer to portray contemporary black life in America. Shaw is the first in Harvard's history to submit a rap album for the senior thesis project.
Augustine Collective News | Augustine Collective | Spring 2017
The Purpose of Prayer: Secular Misconceptions and the Reality of Grace
Right off the bat, Jesus addresses God as “our Father.” This quickly establishes that prayer is relational, personal, and even familial.
Madeline Killen | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2016April 2017
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The Suspense of Faith
But the doubt expressed by Arnold and Russell is not limited to those who decide finally to reject god.
Karl Johnson | The Hopkins Dialectic | Spring 2016
Medieval and Modern Meet: Advent
As a Christian scholar, I read the medieval texts that are my primary area of study with a curious double vision.
Kathryn Mogk | University of Minnesota Between Cities | Spring 2016
Edwards and Thoreau: Typologies of Lakes
In composing their accounts of lakes, Jonathan Edwards and Henry David Thoreau drew from different sources and operated out of clashing ideological frameworks.
Sarah Boss | The Wheaton Pub | Fall 2015January 2016

Fare Forward Essay Contest 2015 Winner: Emily Lau
The winner of Fare Forward Essay Contest 2015 is Emily Lau '17 of The Columbia Crown & Cross, for The Desire for a Relational God Behind Kurt Vonnegut's "EPICAC."
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Jesus and the Problem of Myth
In particular, the idea of a righteous man/god who is sacrificed in order to atone for the transgressions of a nation is present in many cultures.
Max Graham | The Yale Logos | Fall 2015
The Problem of Evil: An Ichthus Roundtable
In addition to our own thoughts, we provide links to a wide variety of pieces on the problem of evil by professional philosophers.
The Harvard Ichthus Staff | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2015November 2015
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The Desire for a Relational God Behind Kurt Vonnegut’s “EPICAC”
The story is ostensibly a sad tale of a short-lived machine exploited by humans, yet it is also a story about a creature yearning to connect with what it perceives as a higher order of beings.
Emily Lau | The Columbia Crown & Cross | Spring 2015
You Be the Judge: Shakespeare’s Moral Universe
There is, however, a fundamental difference between the approach of Milton and Dante on the one hand and Shakespeare on the other.
Danielle D’Souza | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2015
Fare Forward Essay Contest 2015
Fare Forward's first essay contest, in conjunction with the Augustine Collective, is now open. All entries must be received by December 1, 2015.
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Review of Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal
"A seemingly happy life may be empty. A seemingly difficult life may be devoted to a great cause."
Chenchen Li | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2015June 2015
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Affliction Furthers the Flight in Me
Inspired by the story of the resurrection, 17th century English poet George Herbert wrote his short poem “Easter Wings.” The poem beautifully recreates the restorative power of Christ’s resurrection.
Chih McDermott | The Williams Telos | Fall 2013
A Postmodern Unity
It is not that of two people who describe their experience with God slightly differently, one must be in error. Rather, the nature of one’s experience with God will be different.
David Paiva | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2013
Poetry and the Redemption Story
We are not academics searching to excavate truth from a divine treatise. Instead we are beings intimately woven into a poem in which God tenderly shows us what to love, how to love, and why we love.
Siqi Cao | The Columbia Crown & Cross | Spring 2014