Paul, Yeah, sure it depends on what the mission statement says. Some religious colleges include proselytizing as part of their mission (I'm sure many of us could come up with example colleges). Some go so far as require a signed statement requiring acceptance of the precepts and the goal of conversion. But not all do. So if converting other folks to that faith is not part of the mission, then a faculty member who is not of that faith is not being unethical. That's all that I'm reacting to.
John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 [email protected] From: Paul Brandon <[email protected]> Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:48:59 -0400 To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Conversation: [tips] How Do You Explain A 4.4 Million Skeleton in a 6,000 Year Old Universe? Subject: Re: [tips] How Do You Explain A 4.4 Million Skeleton in a 6,000 Year Old Universe? Depends on how the 'mission' of the college is stated. In some cases it's explicitly defined as propagating the Christian religion (or some subset of it). On Oct 2, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Serafin, John wrote: > Michael, > > I know that there are some Christian colleges that expect every > faculty member to accept basic precepts of their faith, but that is > not universal. I work at a Catholic college, but we have many > faculty who are not Catholic, not Christian, and in some cases not > religious at all. There is nothing unethical about them. The > question we address is simply, can you support the mission of the > college? From our perspective, one does not need to be Christian in > order to do so (otherwise, they would have found a way to get rid > of me years ago). > > John > From: Michael Smith <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:11:01 -0400 > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > <[email protected]> > Conversation: [tips] How Do You Explain A 4.4 Million Skeleton in a > 6,000 Year Old Universe? > Subject: Re: [tips] How Do You Explain A 4.4 Million Skeleton in a > 6,000 Year Old Universe? > > I think if a person works in a Christian college then the person has > to agree with the faith precepts of the institution. > So I doubt there would be any "secular" faculty at such institutions, > and if there are, they are clearly being unethical > under such circumstances. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
