Posted on 04/27/2009 8:54:51 AM PDT by lewisglad
We get the point. But maybe The Times will invite the student to write a rebuttal on the purpose of studying religion and Christianity in college. The topic dovetails with some of the primary sources of Christian philosophy and theology in the Western tradition: Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus: Natural Theology in the High Middle Ages by Alexander W. Hall. With some creativity it could pick up on where Philipp W. Rosemann, Catherine Pickstock, Sebastian Day, Allan Wolter, and Richard Cross left off.
Public universities and the media could merge and we’d never know the difference.
Repair of American universities require great land mines and pieces of real thought and usefulness.
I quit college once over sitting in some young prof’s class where she was teaching ‘body theory.’ I looked at her and just plain thought, “You know. She has done this school thing her whole life and really believes all this stuff. I can’t believe this is considered higher order thinking.”
Bingo. It’s a problem. Most faculties are unbalanced, tilt left, and are out of touch with mainstream American culture and the students. There are exceptions, but generally, yes.
Teacher unions & tenure must END.
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