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-19 posts tagged "Christianity"
Christopher Parker | Monday, March 8, 2021
In the parade of flags and banners waving at the Capitol on Jan. 6, Dr. Damon Berry noticed with great interest that both evangelical and anti-Christian symbols were proudly on display, side by side. Berry, a professor of religious studies at St. Lawrence University, joined associate director of the Klau Center for Civil and Human
Eva Analitis | Tuesday, February 16, 2021
We all sort of knew what we were getting into when we chose to attend a Catholic school. There would be some religion. But politics, too? Who knew we’d get so much of both? However, as the nomination of one of our faculty members — Professor Amy Coney Barrett — to the Supreme Court at
Julianna McKenna | Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Saint Mary’s will host the annual Christian Culture Lecture series with speaker Tara Westover on Wednesday. The Christian Culture series is an annual event at the College that brings influential figures in to speak to students. “We’re always looking for a big name in the humanities who could speak in some way to the influence
Andrew Sveda | Tuesday, September 8, 2020
In his column “The role of religion in government,” Blake Ziegler asks whether religious belief can be accepted under the constitution as justification for passing a law, a question he leans towards the negative. To truly tackle this question, however, we must also confront it on a broader, more philosophical level, asking not just “Is
Nia Sylva | Thursday, November 14, 2019
Kanye West has been born again. Anyone with even the slightest interest in mainstream culture knows this to be true. But that doesn’t make the release of his gospel-rap hybrid album, “Jesus is King,” any less noteworthy. The man once penned a song called “I Am A God.” He delivered lyrics that most Christians would
Ryan Israel | Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Three weeks ago, William Barr, the Attorney General of the United States and a prominent figure in the Trump administration, came to Notre Dame’s campus to deliver a speech at the law school. In his speech, Barr emphasized the importance of upholding Judeo-Christian values in our increasingly secular society, saying, “I think we all recognize
Brennan Buhr | Monday, September 16, 2019
St. Ignatius of Antioch, martyred for his faith in the second century, remains one of the most compelling witnesses to the truth of Christ in Church history. Although very few biographical details are known about this great saint, Ignatius wrote a series of letters to various local churches in the eastern Mediterranean region describing the
Jack Zinsky | Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Sri Lankan Christians were stunned when a series of bombings in Catholic churches killed 290 and left more than 500 others seriously injured. This comes only days after the devastating Notre-Dame Cathedral fire and the destruction of other French churches by fire around the same time. Catholics already in mourning for the loss of a
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Let me start by saying that I would never personally have an abortion, but that is mostly due to my lack of a uterus. There is little pro-life in being anti-abortion. We must ask ourselves if it is enough to see a child born and not a child loved; a child born and not a
Sydney Doyle | Friday, February 23, 2018
Kwok Pui Lan, professor of theology at Emory University, addressed the role of religion in peacekeeping processes across the world in as part of the Saint Mary’s Endowed Spring Lectures Series on Thursday. Pui Lan began her lecture by talking about when she met the Dalai Lama 25 years ago, who said everyone has a role to