It's really that bad. I worked for five years at a Southern Baptist university that had a reputation for being "fundamentalist" and got a lot of that same nonsense from recent seminary graduates. The funny part is that they're shocked when they come into contact with an real expert who can explain why their seminary professors were wrong…
It's really that bad. I worked for five years at a Southern Baptist university that had a reputation for being "fundamentalist" and got a lot of that same nonsense from recent seminary graduates. The funny part is that they're shocked when they come into contact with an real expert who can explain why their seminary professors were wrong. "John Rawls isn't a good model for Christian politics? What, he wants to put Evangelicals and Catholics in prison for their beliefs? Why didn't my seminary professor tell me that part?"
I don't like to spread gossip in public places, but oh some of the stories I could tell if I were so inclined.
That's unfortunate. At present, I feel like I'm largely done with Christian academia, not just in a personal employment sense, but in a taking it seriously sense. I don't want to promote anti-intellectualism, but it seems like the institutions are so corrupt that some other way to sustain the life of the mind as a Christian will have to be found.
It's really that bad. I worked for five years at a Southern Baptist university that had a reputation for being "fundamentalist" and got a lot of that same nonsense from recent seminary graduates. The funny part is that they're shocked when they come into contact with an real expert who can explain why their seminary professors were wrong. "John Rawls isn't a good model for Christian politics? What, he wants to put Evangelicals and Catholics in prison for their beliefs? Why didn't my seminary professor tell me that part?"
I don't like to spread gossip in public places, but oh some of the stories I could tell if I were so inclined.
That's unfortunate. At present, I feel like I'm largely done with Christian academia, not just in a personal employment sense, but in a taking it seriously sense. I don't want to promote anti-intellectualism, but it seems like the institutions are so corrupt that some other way to sustain the life of the mind as a Christian will have to be found.