Mike Palij wrote: > If he pleases, Prof. Smith might answer these questions. > > In summary, it appears that there are two answers to the question I posed > in the Subject line: > (1) Not at all. > (2) Very, very carefully if one doesn't want to lose their job.
Hmmm. Let me see. I would say neither. "Conservative" institutions would respond I imagine probably in similar ways to how they handle the fossil record now. I don't know if they would, but that would make sense to me. For Taylor (and I imagine many many other christian institutions), I taught the scientific theory of evolution as a theory, a fact, and a logical necessity. Of course students are free to reject that as they are free to reject it at any educational institution. Neither was my job at Taylor in any way under threat from anything I taught with regard to psychology--I was totally free to teach whatever areas I thought important to an understanding of modern psychology. And we, as a college encouraged looking at controversial issues or ones that were important from a christian perspective (evolution wasn't one of them). As well, all our psychology courses (and most, if not all, courses from the other departments as well) were transferable to the University of Alberta (the secular provincial university). Of course, none of this contradicts their statement of faith. Hope that answers the two questions :) --Mike --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
