1.1 - Editor’s Note – Searching for Veritas by Jordan Hylden ‘06 - Opinions – Gay Marriage: a Moral Imperative by Stephen Dewey ‘07 There’s Something Missing Here by Professor Ellen B. Aitken, Harvard Divinity School – Features - The Real Losers of Locke V. Davey by Joshua Davey, HLS ‘06 Love and Marriage?...
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In some ways, it’s not hard at all to find God at Harvard. You can find him down by the river, where our houses are named after the old Puritans—Mather, Dunster, and Winthrop. He’s in the Yard, too—the old University motto, “Veritas Christo et Ecclesiae,” is emblazoned right on top of Johnston Gate, reminding...
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On February 25, I lost a case before the Supreme Court of the United States. It was the final word in a lawsuit I filed over four years earlier, and the end to my legal challenge of a Washington state law that prohibits state college scholarship funds from going to students majoring in theology....
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Whatever else it signifies for American society, the rise of the same-sex marriage movement evidences the cultural-historical triumph of the idea of the love match. From the time of Romeo and Juliet, starry-eyed couples have combated social expectations and economic constraints and won definitive victories for romantic ideals in modern times. This is particularly...
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Christians may believe in the same God, but they do not agree about the proper way to apply God’s standards in the modern state. Another way of saying this might be that they do not agree about politics. The phrase “religious right” has achieved common usage in politics. There is also a religious, and...
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Don’t be clever; do be careful. Don’t be controversial; do be consecrated. Don’t be conceited; do be concentrated. Never choose a text, let the text choose you….When a text has chosen you, the Holy Spirit will impress you with its inner meaning and cause you to labor to lead out that meaning for your...
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As one who has grown up immersed in a strongly Christ-centered family and community, I find that I exhibit the tendency to adhere to the received, orthodox Christian tenets I absorbed during that time. At the same time, I have a faith that I can call my own, which is entirely personal in origin,...
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