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Formed by Our Work: The Cultural Logic of Christian Scholarship

August 24, 2026
If you want to know what an academic institution truly believes about itself, don’t start with its mission statement. Open a tenure file. Look at which publications are held in esteem, which grants are praised, and which writings are dismissed as mere filler. Long after we articulate our institution’s vision and mission, it’s those decisions…

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In the sixth episode of the fourth season of the “Saturdays at Seven” conversation series, Todd Ream talks with Rev. Casey Beaumier, S.J., the Christian W.E. Haub Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Boston College. Beaumier begins by offering a brief overview of the life of St. Ignatius of Loyola, how he came to…
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August 24, 2026

Formed by Our Work: The Cultural Logic of Christian Scholarship

If you want to know what an academic institution truly believes about itself, don’t start with its mission statement. Open a tenure file. Look at which publications are held in esteem, which grants are praised, and which writings are dismissed as mere filler. Long after we articulate our institution’s vision and mission, it’s those decisions…
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Christian Intellectual Institutions and the Age of Nihilism

How can Christian intellectual institutions—institutions dedicated to pursuing and understanding the good, the true, and the beautiful in the name of Christ—respond to an age of nihilism? That is the question raised by Dr. Hunter’s address, and it is the question I want to take up. In some ways, this can seem like a question…
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