Yes, I would agree with you all, there are many flavors of Christian institution, some also in name only.
But agreeing that as an employee you can support the mission and goals of the institution would mean, I think, that you would not have principled disagreement with the administration. And in such ecumenical situations as the Catholic institutions referred to, then I would it imagine it would even be difficult to have a principled disagreement. My point in this regard was that if one could not support the mission, goals, and Christian distinctives (if there are any) but nevertheless took the money then the person would be unethical in taking the money and in even working there. --Mike On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 7:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > And that would be my situation as well where support of the Mission and Goals > of a Catholic university is at issue but not any one person's religious > preference. > > I do believe, however, that on average, Catholic institutions are more > tolerant as a consequence of a push towards being ecumenical that started in > the late 1960's in that regard when compared to some other faith-based > institutions. > > Annette > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > 619-260-4006 > [email protected] > > > ---- Original message ---- >>Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:40:27 -0400 >>From: "Serafin, John" <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [tips] How Do You Explain A 4.4 Million Skeleton in a 6,000 Year >>Old Universe? >>To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> >> >>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 >>-- >>John Serafin >>Psychology Department >>Saint Vincent College >>Latrobe, PA 15650 >>[email protected] >> >> >>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]) > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
