The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/religion/)
The Sun visited Cru’s prayer tent to get a glimpse into Christian life of campus. From March 25 to March 29, Cru Cornell organized a prayer tent, located next to Sage Chapel, to be a place for practice during Holy Week.
There seems to be many questions and confusion concerning my last column, “The Godless University,” including a particular guest column in response to the piece, “Stay Godless.” Before clearing up any concerns about my original piece, it would be wise to first address the title of this new column. It is a play on the scripture in Psalm 14:1, which reads, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.” The title is not meant to call atheists fools, but rather that the university who refuses to acknowledge the idea of God in their academics is foolish.
You probably do not remember the opening scene of the movie God’s Not Dead — made by Pinnacle Peak Pictures, a Christian production company. In the scene, a philosophy professor stands before his new class of students and quotes the German thinker Friedrich Nietzche’s famous thesis, “God is dead.” The professor then tries to get each student to agree with the statement so the class does not have to waste time thinking about God. A Christian student then refuses to comply with the professor, and the rest of the movie ensues. I recommend watching the movie — I enjoyed it — but alas this is not a film review.
Cornell students and faculty expressed mixed opinions regarding the Biden-Harris Administration’s rescinding of the Free Inquiry Rule portion pertaining to religious student groups on college campuses.
On March 27, former Obama Administration speech writer Sarah Hurwitz spoke to Cornellians about her career path and religious journey.
Dr. Robert Peck and Dr. Jennifer Downs, associate professors of medicine in pediatrics at Weill Cornell, receive funding from the National Institutes of Health to launch their research project, “Using Religious Leaders to Reduce Blood Pressure in Tanzania.”
Five years ago, a friend visiting Kyiv sent me a photograph from Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Ukraine. “Freedom is Our Religion,” read the bold banner covering the city’s House Trade Unions building, which was damaged by fire during the 2014 Revolution of Dignity: the mass protests that overthrew the pro-Russia president, Viktor Yanukovych. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
It’s an arresting and puzzling banner. I cherish freedom more than (almost?) anything else. Making a reflective choice, acting upon it, taking responsibility for it — what’s more human than this? In my classes on human nature, I can talk with my students about freedom ad nausea.
Following several racist and anti-Semitic incidents in Ithaca, local faith leaders are doubling down on ongoing anti-racist programming. While their approaches vary, they have a common message: Hate has no home in Ithaca.
Several organizations that form a part of Cornell’s religious community have dedicated themselves to providing support for the stress of the 2020 Election. Of these groups include Cornell Health, Cornell United Religious Work, the Office of the Dean of Students and Cornell Votes.
As Cornell’s campus face the reality of a fall semester with COVID-19, Cornell’s religious groups are creating support groups via Zoom.