religion

BREAKING: 2010 commencement date changed

WEB UPDATE 1:00 p.m. To accommodate a religious conflict, the date for the University's commencement in 2010 will be changed, University President Lee Bollinger said in an interview on Friday morning. Stay tuned for full story in Monday's print edition.

By Joy Resmovits | May 1 01:02 pm ET

Religious leaders have faith in green

As part of Greenspiration—a student-led ten-day series of environmentally-focused events—a panel of religious experts discussed the relationship between religion and going green.

By Madina Toure | Apr 21 11:46 pm ET

Facebook and religion’s latent centrality

It would not surprise me to learn that many Columbia students do in fact read the Bible, but are too ashamed to admit it in light of this prevailing social code.

By Eric Hirsch | Apr 19 07:30 pm ET

New EC policy poses problems for religious needs

Rebecca Herskovits, CC ’12, is the only first-year Orthodox Jewish girl who will be living in an East Campus suite next year.

By Kim Kirschenbaum | Apr 1 08:37 pm ET

Today In Opinion: Religion and the Columbia Intellectual

A key to any intellectual community is tolerance. For debate to flourish, there needs to be tolerance—though not necessarily an embracement—of others’ ideals and beliefs. Perhaps the key issue here is respect.

By Noah Baron | Mar 2 10:09 pm ET

Looking Beyond the Hijab

When I was first asked to write a piece on the hijab, I was unsure of where to start. Perhaps I should begin with a definition of what the hijab is. Or a historical lesson on the hijab throughout the centuries. But maybe a personal narrative would be more interesting?

By Aseel Najib | Mar 1 11:45 pm ET

A True Leader

Do I feel that my position as the president of Columbia Catholic Undergraduates and my sex as a woman conflict with the fact that I, as a woman, cannot lead the congregation in the Holy Mass, the most fundamental celebration in the Catholic faith? This was the question posed to me when I agreed to write this article on being a Catholic woman on Columbia’s campus.

By Alyssa DeSocio | Mar 1 11:42 pm ET

Seeking the Inner Light

I was born and raised a devout agnostic. I never really knew what I believed and never took the time to think about it. So many people around me had a relationship with this thing called God, had such faith, and although I was always curious, religion never played a role in my life, even when I was completely immersed in it. It was really only until I came to college that I realized Quakerism was my truth.

By Julie Kamal | Mar 1 11:37 pm ET

Death, Life, and the University

The questions I’m about to pose about the Columbia community have been asked and addressed over and over again. And recent events would lead me to ask one more painful question: If I were suddenly gone one day, would the university really miss me?

By Eric Hirsch | Feb 16 12:32 am ET

University Culture and the Death Announcement

The questions I’m about to pose about the Columbia community have been asked and addressed over and over again. And recent events would lead me to ask one more painful question: If I were suddenly gone one day, would the university really miss me?

By Eric Hirsch | Feb 15 11:23 pm ET

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