Finding God at Harvard : spiritual journeys of thinking Christians
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
Print Book, English, ©1996
Zondervan Pub. House, Grand Rapids, Mich., ©1996
Biography
368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780310405603, 9780310219224, 0310405602, 0310219221
33206808
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 ; Disillusioned / William Edgar
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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