RE: Locke v. Davey Question

[Rick Duncan]

Awile ago Doug Laycock asked:

 

To particularize the question, what do they do with Gonzaga?

 

My research assistant called Gonzaga and asked what they do there about state-funded scholarships. He was told that they certify that their theology majors are not pursuing a degree in devotional theology.

 

He also checked at some other religious colleges in Washington, and at least some others certify that their theology majors are not pursuing a devotional theology degree.

 

So the denominational preference issue seems very much a legitimate one--theology majors at some religious colleges receive state funding, while those at other religious colleges do not. And the preference depends upon the particular denominational viewpoint of theology instruction at religious colleges in the state (or on the subjective process of self-certification).

 

Cheers, Rick Duncan

Douglas Laycock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

To particularize the question, what do they do with Gonzaga?

 

Douglas Laycock

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Duncan
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:51 AM
To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics
Subject: Locke v. Davey Question

This is a factual question about Washington's denial of Promise Scholarship funding to students, like Josh Davey,  who are pursuing a degree in "devotional theology."

 

Does anyone know whether Promise Scholars at Catholic universities in Washington are denied funding if they major in theology or religious studies? In other words, if a school like Notre Dame were located in Washingto! n, would its theology students be disqualified from the Promise Scholarship Program because theology is taught from a "devotional" perspective? Or is their approach sufficiently "objective" to escape exclusion as "devotional?"

 

What about a school like Yale and it's Divinity studies program? Eligible for funding because not "devotional?"

 

Rick

Rick Duncan
Welpton Professor of Law
University of Nebraska College of Law
Lincoln, NE 68583-0902

 

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Rick Duncan
Welpton Professor of Law
University of Nebraska College of Law
Lincoln, NE 68583-0902

 

"When the Round ! Table is broken every man must follow either Galahad or Mordred: middle things are gone." C.S.Lewis, Grand Miracle

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