Finding God at Harvard : spiritual journeys of thinking Christians / Kelly Monroe, editor. [print]

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LD2134.F494.F563 1996
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Contents:

A professor under reconstruction/ Glenn Loury -- A crisis of meaning/ Richard Keyes -- Harvard, what of the light? / Hermann Hagedorn -- A world split apart/ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

A hunger for God/ Mother Teresa -- On abundant life/ Phillips Brooks -- Alternative to futility/ Elton Trueblood -- The wonder of being/ Charles Malik -- Epilogue: a taste of new wine/ Kelly Monroe.

On gravity and lift/ Paul Wylie -- Hope in a secular age/ Armand Nicholi Jr. -- He sent His word and healed them/ Michael Yang -- Facing death, embracing life/ Brent Foster -- Wonder and wildness: on sex and freedom/ Poh Lian Lim

Crisis and faith/ Elizabeth Dole -- How did we not know? / Peter Clark -- Cambridge, countries, and Christ/ Robert Beschel Jr.

From prophets to profits/ Robert K. Massie Jr. -- In sorrow, joy/ Ruth Goodwin -- Conversion: one journey outside the gate/ Jeffrey Barneson -- Salvation to the streets/ Anthony Parker

Harvard Square/ Habib Malik -- Christ and karma: a Hindu's quest for the holy/ Krister Sairsingh -- Jesus, more than a prophet/ Lamin Sanneh -- Power and gender at the Divinity School/ John Rankin

Questions in a quiet moment/ Rebecca Baer Porteous -- The inexplicable prayers of Ruby Bridges/ Robert Coles -- My search for the historical Jesus/ Todd Lake -- After the gang, what? / Evelyn Lewis Perera

Judeo-Christian versus pagan scholarship/ Harold J. Berman -- Feasting at the table of the Lord/ Peter Feaver -- Called to teach/ Robert Fong -- A sense of mystery: reflections of a monk/ Brother John

Christianity and the scientific enterprise/ Charles Thaxton -- More than machines/ Owen Gingerich -- Why be a scientist? / Gregory Hammett -- Thorns in the garden planet/ Vera Shaw

Childrearing interlude/ Kathryn Donovan Wiegand -- The grace that shaped my life/ Nicholas Wolterstorff -- Perfectionism, shame, and liberation/ Rodney Petersen -- A journey toward wholeness/ Betsy Dawn Inskeep Smylie

Subject: Kelly Monroe presents the testimonies of forty-two faculty members, former students, and distinguished orators at Harvard. Their candid reflections convincingly refute the claim that Christian faith cannot survive a rigorous intellectual atmosphere. The challenge of reconciling a personal encounter with Truth within the academic community is plainly illustrated.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	LD2134.M667.F563 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001689245

Includes bibliographies and index.

A CRISIS OF MEANING, AND THE NEED FOR CHANGE -- A professor under reconstruction/ Glenn Loury -- A crisis of meaning/ Richard Keyes -- Harvard, what of the light? / Hermann Hagedorn -- A world split apart/ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

CONCLUSION: VERITAS, HOPE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- A hunger for God/ Mother Teresa -- On abundant life/ Phillips Brooks -- Alternative to futility/ Elton Trueblood -- The wonder of being/ Charles Malik -- Epilogue: a taste of new wine/ Kelly Monroe.

FINDING HOPE, HEALTH, AND LIFE -- On gravity and lift/ Paul Wylie -- Hope in a secular age/ Armand Nicholi Jr. -- He sent His word and healed them/ Michael Yang -- Facing death, embracing life/ Brent Foster -- Wonder and wildness: on sex and freedom/ Poh Lian Lim

GOVERNMENT AND THE GOSPEL OF JUSTICE -- Crisis and faith/ Elizabeth Dole -- How did we not know? / Peter Clark -- Cambridge, countries, and Christ/ Robert Beschel Jr.

MONEY, RACE, AND THE GOSPEL OF MERCY -- From prophets to profits/ Robert K. Massie Jr. -- In sorrow, joy/ Ruth Goodwin -- Conversion: one journey outside the gate/ Jeffrey Barneson -- Salvation to the streets/ Anthony Parker

PLURALISM AND THE GLOBAL GOSPEL -- Harvard Square/ Habib Malik -- Christ and karma: a Hindu's quest for the holy/ Krister Sairsingh -- Jesus, more than a prophet/ Lamin Sanneh -- Power and gender at the Divinity School/ John Rankin

QUESTIONS AND TURNINGS -- Questions in a quiet moment/ Rebecca Baer Porteous -- The inexplicable prayers of Ruby Bridges/ Robert Coles -- My search for the historical Jesus/ Todd Lake -- After the gang, what? / Evelyn Lewis Perera

RENEWING EDUCATION: A LIGHT IN THE YARD -- Judeo-Christian versus pagan scholarship/ Harold J. Berman -- Feasting at the table of the Lord/ Peter Feaver -- Called to teach/ Robert Fong -- A sense of mystery: reflections of a monk/ Brother John

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE EARTH -- Christianity and the scientific enterprise/ Charles Thaxton -- More than machines/ Owen Gingerich -- Why be a scientist? / Gregory Hammett -- Thorns in the garden planet/ Vera Shaw

THE RECOVERY OF LOVE, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY -- Childrearing interlude/ Kathryn Donovan Wiegand -- The grace that shaped my life/ Nicholas Wolterstorff -- Perfectionism, shame, and liberation/ Rodney Petersen -- A journey toward wholeness/ Betsy Dawn Inskeep Smylie

Kelly Monroe presents the testimonies of forty-two faculty members, former students, and distinguished orators at Harvard. Their candid reflections convincingly refute the claim that Christian faith cannot survive a rigorous intellectual atmosphere. The challenge of reconciling a personal encounter with Truth within the academic community is plainly illustrated.

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