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Vol.108, No. 17
Hahn returns for Faith for Life
Admitted students visit campus
David Zimmermann Editor-in-Chief
eastward and southward.” English professor Dr. Eric Potter expressed his enthusiasm for the conference as it explores this very topic. “Since Christianity is shifting, or has shifted, to the global South in terms of growth and numbers, and since the Kingdom of God is made up of people from every tribe and nation, I think this theme is especially timely,” Potter said. This is the first year since spring 2017 that multiple academic speakers outside the college presented at the
Catholic theologian, bestselling author and alumnus Dr. Scott Hahn ’79 returned to his alma mater to present the latest Faith for Life lecture Tuesday evening in CrawHAHN ford Auditorium. Hahn, an esteemed biblical scholar, converted to Catholicism in 1986 after spending his early years as a Protestant believer, and eventually, a Presbyterian minister. With firsthand experience in both Christian traditions, Hahn continues speaking about Scripture and the Catholic faith. “His talks have been effective in helping thousands of Protestants and fallen away Catholics to (re)embrace the Catholic faith,” his website reads. Hosted by the Newman Club, this week’s Faith for Life lecture “Holy Is His Name: The Transforming Power of God’s Holiness in Scripture” was based on Hahn’s newest book of the same name. This marked the fourth time Hahn had spoken at the college in the last 20 years. Hahn argued for the importance of the Eucharist in Catholic Mass and how the ritual should transform a believer’s understanding of Christ’s death, Catholic and Protestant alike. “If the Eucharist is just a meal, Calvary is just an execution,” Hahn said. “But if the Eucharist is where the
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Willie the Wolverine poses with admitted sudents in front of Breen Student Union during the annual Admitted Student Day.
Faith and literature meet GCC Christian Writers Conference underway
David Zimmermann Editor-in-Chief
The college’s annual Christian Writers Conference, hosted by the English DeYANG partment and sponsored by the Lilly Fellows Program, aims to explore the Christian faith in global literature as expressed in this year’s theme: “Christianity and Core Texts at Global/Cultural Crossroads.” The two-day conference began Thursday with three undergraduate paper pre-
sentations and critically acclaimed comic book artist Gene Luen Yang’s keynote address “Boxers, Saints and Coders,” and will continue with several more academic presentations today. Senior Meredith Johnson, junior Sarah Soltis and freshman Joseph Shin presented their academic papers yesterday afternoon before Yang’s lecture. The conference will feature papers on various cultural texts beyond the Western world, including those from the Middle East, Rwanda and India, and ask how those texts interact with Christian-
News Column
Should scientists endorse politicians? Isaac Willour Staff Writer
“Stay in your lane.” We have all heard it before. Everyone from basketball players to actors has been hit with the injunction, even those society considers experts. Physicists, biologists and climate scientists have all been told to “stick to science.” The nucleus of these sentiments is an understandable one. Scientists ought to be aware of the distinction between their scientific endeavors and their political opinions, even when the two necessarily mix. That was the case in 2020, when the editors of Nature,
one of the most prominent scientific journals with millions of readers worldwide, endorsed Joe Biden for president. Their endorsement cited Donald Trump’s handling of COVID-19 and climate change as primary rationales. The endorsement reads, “Donald Trump has taken an axe to a system that was intended to safeguard and protect citizens. Joe Biden must be given an opportunity to restore trust in truth, in evidence, in science and in other institutions of democracy.” In the wake of Biden’s victory, Nature’s stance faded into obscurity until a new SCIENCE 3
ity. “Christianity has often been mistaken for and sometimes presented as a purely Western phenomenon, but this has never VANZANTEN been the case — Christian communities like the Ethiopian Church and the Saint Thomas Christians of India trace their roots back to the time of the apostles,” the college’s website stated. “This fact is becoming ever more apparent today as the demographic center of even Western Christianity shifts
Trueman honored for Christian wisdom Ayden Gutierrez News Editor
Dr. Carl Trueman, professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at the college, is the recipient of the Davenant Institute’s first ever C.S. Lewis Award for Christian WisTRUEMAN dom. The Davenant Institute, a non-profit organization focused on “the riches of classical Protestantism,” noted Trueman’s “exemplary public witness as a Protestant scholar,” resulting in him being the organization’s choice to receive the award. The C.S. Lewis Award for Christian Wisdom honors public intellectuals and Prot-
estant scholars whose work, like Lewis’, “combine deep insight, historical perspective and resolute orthodoxy with winsome, articulate and persuasive presentations of Christian truth,” according to the Davenant Institute. Trueman is being recognized for his academic scholarship and the challenge his work poses for classical and Christian understandings of the human person and political order. “His recent work on ‘expressive individualism,’ first in ‘The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self,’ and then for a wider audience in ‘Strange New World,’ introduced many readers for the first time to the intellectual undercurrents behind the radical new understandings of sexuality and the human
condition that have upended our churches and our politics,” the institute said. Trueman said he is both surprised and honored, adding he has not been given an award since his grammar school Latin Prize in 1983. “After 40 years, this is basically a new experience. Frankly, I find it a little overwhelming,” Trueman said. “I write and speak on topics I am personally curious about, and that allows me to think issues through for myself. To know that others have found my work helpful and want to acknowledge such publicly makes me so thankful for their kindness and encouragement.” Dr. Paul Kemeny, dean of the college’s Alva J. CaldeTRUEMAN 3