Kenosis: A Response to a Stratified, Self-Centered Society

We are finite beings, and the magnitude of human suffering at the hands of systemic oppression is enormous. Trying to change the world can be like trying to put out a forest fire with a squirt gun.

Lydia Anderson | CalPoly Aletheia | Spring 2018

A Call to Work

Through examining the biblical notions of calling and vocation, we will see how these seemingly opposites – a longing for something grand and the reality of the mundane – actually complement each other.

Elizabeth Schmucker | Cornell Claritas | Spring 2017

Lending and Borrowing: A Christian Perspective

This paper will delve further into what the Bible has to say about lending and borrowing, how its interpretation has changed over time, and how it can work in today’s society.

Roy Walker | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2016

The Vatican Billions

How can the Church justify sitting on piles of cash while people around the world are living in poverty? When Her own founder said, “Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven” (Mk 10:21)?

Justin Sanchez | The Harvard Ichthus | Spring 2016

Blessed Are the Poor: Debunking the Protestant Work Ethic

Insofar as Christians began to treat wealth earned through hard work as a sign of salvation, they were departing from what had been historically believed and taught.

Roger Yu | The Vanderbilt Synesis | Spring 2016

To Give or Not To Give

Experiences like these have taught me the intricacies of giving. They made me wonder whether or not I should give to those in need.

Briani George | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2015

Redeeming the Economy

Our economy is fallen, but so beautiful was God’s original plan that the clear fingerprint of His design is visible even today.

Ryan Mather | University of Minnesota Between Cities | Spring 2016

Approaching a Christocentric View of Wealth

To the casual onlooker skeptical of the Catholic Church’s wealth, the concern is not how beautiful their churches are, but the cost at which they were built.

Joshua Tseng-Tham | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2015

Wet Feet: Navigating the Intellectual and Practical

Long run solutions without short run help do nothing for the people who are actually suffering from systemic problems right now.

Nathan Scalise | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2015

Wealth in the Church

Does a capitalist society create paradigms that are contrary to Christ’s message? Interview with Yale history and religion professor Carlos Eire.

The Yale Logos | The Yale Logos | Fall 2015

Stop Freaking Out About Your Job

But your specific variety of work does not define you. And the more you think that it does or should, the more you dig yourself into a pit of anxiety and self-pity.

Nathan Otey | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2015

How a Brown Student Grew in His Faith While Living Homeless

Living in the shelter for a year gave Kevin Simmons a passion for giving back and serving others.

Elizabeth Jean-Marie | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Spring 2015

Finding Freedom in Constraint

Some non-Christians are often shocked at how incredibly limiting these principles seem, yet they fail to recognize how much we agree with them on this point.

Marcos Martinez | The Columbia Crown & Cross | Fall 2014

Confessions of an Economics Concentrator

I confess that I study economics, and that I sometimes think about becoming a Wall Street financier. I also confess that I am a Christian, and that I often think about becoming a pastor.

Peter Hickman | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2014

The Alternative Lens of Revelation

As responsible thinkers in this society, then, it is important to endeavor to read [the book of Revelation] responsibly, keeping to the message as truly as we can.

Shaun Lim | The Harvard Ichthus | Spring 2013

The Lost Letters

Here lies a pair of letters reported to have been torn from a devil’s handbook. These writings were composed by the crafty demon known as Screwtape, who makes his unforgettable debut in The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. These letters, like the ones before them, shed light on the enigmatic essence of human nature, as […]

Olugbenga Joseph | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Spring 2014

Radical Generosity: How Christians Fail

According to one set of statistics, Christians give at 2.5% of income per capita, less than the 3.3% of income per capita given during the Great Depression.

Peter Hickman | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2013

A Nasty, Dreadful Thing

I realized far too late that I should have not only given him, my brother, the eighty dollars, but twenty dollars more than he asked for.

Henry Li | The Harvard Ichthus |

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

On Money

We accept Paul’s claim that the love of money is the root of all evil, but we know that that verse does not entail us to shun money itself as an evil. Money, at the end of the day, is also part of His Creation, and all things were created for His glory.

Richard Lee and April Koh | The Yale Logos | Winter 2012

The Idolatry of Wealth and Reevaluation of Treasure

Christians are called to be good stewards rather than owners of their material blessings, multiplying them in accordance to their ability. A lively faith requires the investment of both material goods and ability for the benefit of God.

Katelyn Chan | The Yale Logos | Winter 2012

Christianity and Capitalism: Counterparts of Freedom

Though Christianity has a moral framework and capitalism a utilitarian one, their mutual respect of individual choice and autonomy makes them reconcilable on a more fundamental level.

Mark Diplacido | The Yale Logos | Winter 2012

May 2018