Volume 3, Issue 2

3.2 – Spring 2007 – Table of Contents

– Opinions –
“Look for the fish called … ICHTHUS”
by Ann C. Chao ‘08
The Contemporary and the Catholic Church
by Christopher B. Lacaria ‘09

– Features -

On Christian Unity
by Brian Flanagan
Quest for Joy: A Defense of Christian Truth in a Pluralistic Culture
by Leo Keliher ‘10
God and Richard Dawkins
by Jordan Hylden ‘06
Bridge Builders and “God’s Politics”
by… more »

“Look for the fish called… ICHTHUS”

In a dream, an angel utters this to Jonas, the main character in the short film, Ichthus.[1]
He awakens and begins searching in his native country of the Philippines, among a small fishing community in the town of Lingayen. He comes across many people, asking them where the Ichthus is, trying to discover its significance, believing… more »

The Contemporary and Catholic Church

A poll conducted by The New York Times in the middle of the preceding decade discovered that more than seventy percent of self-identified Catholics deny the doctrine of transubstantiation, the miracle by which the sacramental bread and wine are substantially transformed into the body and blood of Jesus Christ. This might point to a widespread… more »

On Christian Unity

As a Roman Catholic theologian studying ecumenism, I’m sometimes asked by friends, students, and even strangers on planes the question, “So what is that?” I explain that ecumenism refers to the practical, spiritual, and theological attempts to regain the unity of the Christian church throughout the oikumene, that is, throughout the whole world. It’s a… more »

Quest for Joy

A Defense of Christian Truth in a Pluralistic Culture
For I am not ashamed of the Gospel. It is the power of God
for the salvation of everyone who believes: for Jew first, and then Greek.
Romans 1:16 (NAB)
One night in mid-January, my roommate was walking back into Harvard Yard. As he passed through Boylston Gate, a man… more »

God and Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins does not believe in God, and he thinks that you shouldn’t either. In fact, if you do believe in God, he thinks that it is probably because you are deluded, weak-minded, uneducated, and quite possibly perverse.  All this and then some he argues in his latest book, The God Delusion, which by now… more »

Bridge Builders and “God’s Politics”

Renegotiating Christian Identity
According to popular stereotypes, there are two kinds of Christians in America. The first is the liberal Christian. The liberal Christian is a member of a mainline Protestant denomination. He goes to church every Sunday morning because it is what nice people do, but is not overly concerned with salvation or evangelism. He… more »