Finding God at Harvard : spiritual journeys of thinking Christians /
Kelly Monroe, editor.
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan Pub. House, 1996.
- 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 professor under reconstruction / Glenn Loury -- A crisis of meaning / Richard Keyes -- Harvard, what of the light? / Hermann Hagedorn -- A world split apart / Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Crisis and faith / Elizabeth Dole -- How did we not know? / Peter Clark -- Cambridge, countries, and Christ / Robert Beschel Jr. -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
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. Spiritual biography--Massachusetts--Cambridge. Intellectuals--Massachusetts--Cambridge--Biography. Church and education. Christian biography. Church and education. Intellectuals. Religion. Spiritual biography. Harvard University.