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September 2015

The Call to Love
By saying that God must be loved with the entire mind, Jesus suggests that interpretations of scripture by faith or by logic need not contradict each other.
Trevor Davis | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2015
The Religious Beliefs of Scientists
At first glance, there seems to be no doubt that scientists as a whole affiliate less with religion than the general public.
Joshua Tseng-Tham | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2015August 2015
July 2015
June 2015
May 2015

Harvard Ichthus Answers 200 Questions About God At Texts-4-Toasties
"Forty students volunteered to deliver toasties, answer questions [about Christianity], cook, and man the computers in our three stations in Thayer Basement, a Pfoho kitchen, and the Leverett Rabbit Hole."
Augustine Collective | The Harvard Ichthus |
Mathematizing the Mind
A history of uncertainty in the field of Mathematics reveals ways we might scrutinize our own philosophies and faiths through a conventionally “rational” lens.
Hong Suh | The Claremont Ekklesia | Spring 2015
Towards a Divine Understanding of Beauty
Beauty is a question that consistently plagued some of the most influential Christian thinkers in the early centuries of the church.
Jake Casale | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2014April 2015
January 2015
September 2014

A Defense of the Argument from Motion
When I was first introduced to St. Thomas Aquinas’ Five Ways, I was unimpressed. I was a junior attending Catholic high school, and, at the time, I did not believe in God.
Greg Brown | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2014
Why Study Theology?
An understanding of different religions is important in a world where theological beliefs enter into the political field on a regular basis.
Sara Holston | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2014July 2014
June 2014

Subsidiarity, Solidarity, and Social Teaching: A Catholic Perspective on Political Economy
In a statement echoed by President Obama, Francis laments the condition of a socioeconomic order in which “it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points.”
Nicholas Zahorodny | Swarthmore Peripateo | Spring 2014
Intelligence and Dogma: A Letter from a Sheep
One study found that, even when controlling for sex, race, education, earnings, and religion, more intelligent children are significantly more likely to grow up to be atheist seven years later.
Nathan Otey | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2013April 2014
March 2014
February 2014

Faith and Reason
Truth, the great 13th century philosopher Thomas Aquinas insisted, can only ever be one.
Christopher Hauser | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2012
The Church Fathers and the Rationality of Christianity: An Interview with Dr. Sara Parvis
Clement of Alexandria complained that his fellow Christians thought of philosophy as some kind of ogre and ran screaming when they heard it.
Dr. Sara Parvis, Chris Hauser | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2013
A Reflection on the Ontological Argument
Wrapping our heads around the idea that “to exist is better than to not exist” is critical to our faith.
Charles Min | Princeton Revisions | December 2013November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013

On Mystical Obedience
You’re telling me that God’s commands are not burdensome while I’m struggling to go even half of a day without breaking one? How can you say that his commands are not burdensome when our desires and our wills conflict with his commands?
Andrew Kim | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Spring 2013 Volume II Issue II
Things Worthy to Be Loved
What motivates us anyway? Why ought we to take ownership of our education and explore these “things worthy to be loved”?
Sang Lee | Princeton Revisions |
When Things Stop Making Sense
At the very least, I hope to convince you that the philosophy of materialism is not at all obvious, and should not be accepted unquestioningly. After all, why should electrons go whizzing around subject to mysterious mathematical laws?
Stephen Mackereth | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2012, Volume 8, Number 3June 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
Why Ask Why?
It is not my point to argue here, only to ask. Is Christianity a philosophical system? Or is it a way of life? Both? Or something else altogether?
Kelly Maeshiro | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 2012, Volume 8, Number 3May 2013
February 2013

On the Trinitarian God, Friendship and the Wonder of Creation – An Interview with Father James V. Schall
"You have taught college undergraduates for many years. What are the basic questions of meaning and purpose that every liberal arts student should consider?"
Christopher Hauser | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2012, Volume 7, Issue 1
Aquinas on Everyday Emotions
As we understand ourselves and see extreme emotions in the light of many everyday impulses, we need to cultivate emotions that align with our intellect, reason, and that most fundamental desire, the desire that God implemented within us for Himself.
David Nolan | The Williams Telos | The Williams Telos, Fall 2012, Issue 8January 2013
December 2012
September 2012
August 2012

Is Anything Worth Believing In? A Review of a Conversation with John Lennox
God could have easily made a universe in which bad things didn’t happen. However, Lennox argues that “the one thing you will not get in an automated, robotic, computerized universe is love, relationship, and so on... In order to have the possibility of love or relationship, you must create the possibility of choice.”
Sarah Banks | The UPenn Lamp Post | Issue 01, Spring 2012
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
Athens, Amherst and Jerusalem
If it is true that reason and faith are inherently at odds, it seems strange that so much of the story of higher education in the west is essentially the story of Christians creating institutions for the rigorous study of philosophy, theology, and the humanities.
Prof. Craig Nicolson | Five College Slant | Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 2012