A CRISIS OF MEANING, AND THE NEED FOR CHANGE A professor under reconstruction/ A crisis of meaning/ Harvard, what of the light? / Hermann Hagedorn A world split apart/ Glenn Loury Richard Keyes Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn CONCLUSION: VERITAS, HOPE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY A hunger for God/ On abundant life/ Alternative to futility/ The wonder of being/ Epilogue: a taste of new wine/ Mother Teresa Phillips Brooks Elton Trueblood Charles Malik Kelly Monroe. FINDING HOPE, HEALTH, AND LIFE On gravity and lift/ Hope in a secular age/ He sent His word and healed them/ Facing death, embracing life/ Wonder and wildness: on sex and freedom/ Paul Wylie Armand Nicholi Jr. Michael Yang Brent Foster Poh Lian Lim GOVERNMENT AND THE GOSPEL OF JUSTICE Crisis and faith/ How did we not know? / Peter Clark Cambridge, countries, and Christ/ Elizabeth Dole Robert Beschel Jr. MONEY, RACE, AND THE GOSPEL OF MERCY From prophets to profits/ In sorrow, joy/ Conversion: one journey outside the gate/ Salvation to the streets/ Robert K. Massie Jr. Ruth Goodwin Jeffrey Barneson Anthony Parker PLURALISM AND THE GLOBAL GOSPEL Harvard Square/ Christ and karma: a Hindu's quest for the holy/ Jesus, more than a prophet/ Power and gender at the Divinity School/ Habib Malik Krister Sairsingh Lamin Sanneh John Rankin QUESTIONS AND TURNINGS Questions in a quiet moment/ The inexplicable prayers of Ruby Bridges/ My search for the historical Jesus/ After the gang, what? / Evelyn Lewis Perera Rebecca Baer Porteous Robert Coles Todd Lake RENEWING EDUCATION: A LIGHT IN THE YARD Judeo-Christian versus pagan scholarship/ Feasting at the table of the Lord/ Called to teach/ A sense of mystery: reflections of a monk/ Harold J. Berman Peter Feaver Robert Fong Brother John SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE EARTH Christianity and the scientific enterprise/ More than machines/ Why be a scientist? / Gregory Hammett Thorns in the garden planet/ Charles Thaxton Owen Gingerich Vera Shaw THE RECOVERY OF LOVE, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY Childrearing interlude/ The grace that shaped my life/ Perfectionism, shame, and liberation/ A journey toward wholeness/ Kathryn Donovan Wiegand Nicholas Wolterstorff Rodney Petersen 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.
Christian biography--Massachusetts--Cambridge. Church and education. Intellectuals--Massachusetts--Cambridge--Biography. Spiritual biography--Massachusetts--Cambridge.