July 2017
June 2017
April 2017
On the Dignity of Sex
I myself have felt resentment and bitterness towards notions of “purity” and “chastity,” and rejected them as highly antiquated concepts that only objectified people.
A. S. Bethel | UC Berkeley TAUG | Spring 2017
An Interview with Prof. Anand Gnanadesikan
"Dealing with uncertain environmental problems, where we only see part of the system, has helped me appreciate what we do in a faith sense."
Gabrielle Moss | The Johns Hopkins Dialectic | Fall 2016March 2017
Highlights from the West Coast Retreat 2017
The 2nd Augustine Collective West Coast Retreat was held in Cambria, CA from March 3rd-4th, 2017.
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Revisiting the Concept of Scientism: An Interview with MIT Professor Dr. Ian Hutchinson
"Historically, Christianity was in many respects a fertile philosophical and theological environment in which science, as we know it, got going."
Anelise Powers | CalPoly Aletheia | Fall 2016October 2016
Rediscovering Aristotle, Aquinas, and Classical Theism: an interview with Edward Feser
A former atheist, Dr. Feser converted back to the Catholicism of his youth after an extensive study of St. Thomas Aquinas’ thought and philosophy.
The Dartmouth Apologia | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2016
Review: Can We See Through Others’ Eyes?
I have noticed how little current scholarship in religious studies takes the perspective of religious practitioners into account.
Jeff Cross | University of Minnesota Between Cities | Spring 2016September 2016
Engineering for God and Humanity
This past January, I had the opportunity to conduct field research on amputees through a partnership with two of India’s most impactful non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for people with disabilities.
Matthew Chun | MIT et Spiritus | Spring 2016
Revisiting the Life of Martin Luther King Jr.: Perspectives for Today’s Challenges
Dr. King recognized that the question of racism and civil rights was tearing America apart, and he knew that only love as illustrated by the gospel could provide a viable solution.
Andrew Shuffer | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2016August 2016
The Trinity of Physics, Christianity, and Life
I have come to think that science and religion are complementary pictures of truth, answering the questions of ‘how?’ and ‘why?’
Vitaly Andreev | MIT et Spiritus | Spring 2016
Why Truth Matters: A Christian’s Role in the Pursuit of Knowledge
With these (mostly) postmodern developments, one would think that discerning the truth is a uniquely postmodern conundrum.
Jennifer Schmitt | UMinnesota Between Cities | Spring 2016
The Christian Faith
One way God manifests His nature in us is through our rationality.
Irving Nestor | The Hopkins Dialectic | Spring 2016July 2016
June 2016
A Compass, A Bridge, and a Covenant
The Penn Christian journal is re-launching under the name Locust Walk, falling into step with the brick-paved path that takes students through three communal points – a compass, a bridge, and a covenant.
Esther Jou | UPenn Locust Walk | Spring 2016
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 2016May 2016
April 2016
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
What God Expects: The Paradox of the Standards of the Christian Community
Therefore, the standard to be Christian and to become part of the Christian community is to understand this paradox: we cannot achieve God’s standards.
Cindy Wu | The Cornell Claritas | Fall 2015March 2016
Faith and Learning
Does Christianity pose a challenge to intellectual inquiry?
Trevor Davis | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2015
The Implications of Naturalism and the Problem of Divine Hiddenness
An interview with Dr. Michael Rea, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, who specializes in metaphysics and the philosophy of religion.
The Dartmouth Apologia Staff | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2015February 2016
An Interview With Professor Susan Ashbrook Harvey
"Simply out of interest, I took Ancient Greek my freshman year. It transformed my life!"
Justin Sohn | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | 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
From Gut Feelings to Natural Law
While most people believe in some sense of right and wrong, they may not understand why these values are constructed this way.
Christopher Kymn | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2015January 2016
Interview with Andy Crouch: Culture Making
Every human culture is distorted— it makes possible the things that should be impossible, and it makes impossible the things that should be possible, such as knowing your neighbor.
Esther Jiang | The Cornell Claritas | Fall 2015
Augustine Collective Journals in the New York Times
Several member journals of the Augustine Collective were mentioned in a January 16, 2016 New York Times op-ed on evangelical students on secular campuses.
Augustine Collective | Augustine Collective |September 2015
How Christians Navigate College and Career
I talked with six Christian seniors at Harvard, each with varying concentrations and potential career paths, to understand how Christians at Harvard think about their faith, academics, and future careers.
Brooke Dickens | The Harvard Ichthus | Fall 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 2015
To Become the One Who is Near to Others
Beneficent action does not entail benevolent action, does not entail that we learn to genuinely love the good of others for their sake,
Michael Spezio | The Claremont Ekklesia | Spring 2015
Consistency and Subtlety
I have come to learn that the physical campus has great influence on the culture of the student body and its ideologies at the Claremont Colleges.
Amira Athanasios | The Claremont Ekklesia | Spring 2015June 2015
“Speak Up” – UC Berkeley Cafe Night
On May 2, UC Berkeley's journal TAUG celebrated the publication of their Spring 2015 issue with a bi-annual Cafe Night.
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God in Mathematics and Philosophy: An Interview with John Lennox
People often ask me, “What is the probability that God exists?” I say to them, “What is the probability that you exist?”
Luke Dickens and Stephanie Liu | The Dartmouth Apologia | Spring 2015
And He Began to Teach Them Many Things
An interview with Professor Matthew Harrison, who previously wrote an article called "Invited to Care" about his calling to teach mathematics to those in prison.
Elizabeth Jean-Marie | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Spring 2015May 2015
April 2015
A Few Thoughts on “the Future”
This problematic tension between one’s desires to make an indelible mark upon the memory of this world and the elusive nature of the future is resolved in a very unexpected way within the Christian tradition.
Viktor Palenyy | UC Berkeley TAUG | Fall 2014
Revisiting the Puritans: Recreation, Community, and the Christian Mind
One of the most significant things that [the Puritans] have left behind, I believe, is the emphasis on a liberal arts education.
Nathaniel Schmucker | The Dartmouth Apologia | Fall 2014March 2015
February 2015
December 2014
October 2014
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
On God and Suffering
Things become distorted when we are suffering, and it takes an understanding of something bigger than ourselves to realign life’s dimensions again.
Monica Perez and Michael Robinson | The Brown & RISD Cornerstone | Spring 2014August 2014
July 2014
May 2014
St. Olaf Launches “Avodah”
“Avodah” is a Hebrew word that means both work and worship, and it represents the desire of the journal’s staff to integrate their work as students — learning to be critical thinkers — with honoring God.
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The Crownless Again Shall Be King
We believe that the Christian faith can contribute much to an academic life. We’re also convinced that the ideas and diversity of a university can enrich the life of faith.
The Columbia Crown & Cross Editorial Board | The Columbia Crown & Cross | Spring 2014April 2014
A Papal Perspective on Community
Pope Francis has made much news, in particular, because of his unique approach towards religious and non-religious communities around the world.
Tony Farias | Swarthmore Peripateo | Fall 2013
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
