Dear colleagues:

I view discussions about the impact of theistic versus naturalistic
worldviews--broadly defined--on teaching psychology as an appropriate
topic for TIPS, but I understand that the vast majority of TIPS
subscribers are probably not interested in discussing the teaching of
psychology from a decidedly Christian worldview.  

However, I have spoken with a number of you who are interested in
continuing discussions on the integration of Christianity and teaching.
To meet these needs, I am in the initial stages of developing a
listserve to address the teaching of psychology from a Christian
worldview.  The overall purpose of this listserve will be to promote
teaching improvement among psychology faculty within Christian higher
education by providing a daily forum for the exchange of ideas and
information related to the integration of Christianity and teaching.  I
also want to make this listserve available to Christian psychology
professors who teach at secular schools as well as to professors who may
not profess a Christian faith but are nonetheless interested in learning
more about the teaching of psychology from a Christian worldview.  The
idea behind this list is not to debate the value of a Christian
worldview, but rather to provide an opportunity for those with common
interests to share ideas and further develop their own effectiveness as
teachers of psychology.  

This new listserve will not be called "Christian TIPS"--that was put in
the subject line of this email just to get your attention.  We will
decide on a name as we get further along in developing this listserve.
Additionally, the purpose of this new listserve is not to replace TIPS
but rather to complement it by providing an additional perspective on
the teaching of psychology.  Please note that I'm not suggesting that
you should leave TIPS to join this listserve.  I'm planning on keeping
my TIPS subscription and actively participating in TIPS discussions.  

If you are interested in joining this new listserve, please send a
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email address and contact you when we get the list up and running.
Also, please feel free to forward this email to other academic
listserves or to other individuals who you think might be interested in
joining this new list.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Respectfully,

Rod Hetzel
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Black [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 2:55 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Dancing angels (was: the "s-word" in the classroom)


On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, Louis_Schmier wrote:

> Has anyone looked at a dictionary?  Gosh, the medieval Scholastics 
> viciously heatedly arguing over how many angels could dance on the 
> head of a pin have nothing on this discussion.  Interesting.
>

Except that they never did. See
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_132.html

-Stephen

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