An interesting article cited by the Inside Higher Education website talks about a philosophy professor at Wheaton College in Illinois who was fired after he converted to Catholicism. It's an interesting issue to discuss. Can privately funded universities and colleges let go of faculty/administrators due to differences in theological perspectives?
Some say that Wheaton College administration had gone too far.
Please note that most Christian colleges require some type of "Statement of Faith" to be signed by both faculty and matriculating students to the respective institution. So, they are made aware of the institution's belief systems and practices. Before I took a seminary class, I signed a "Statement of Faith" document. I read that document several times to be certain that I agreed with the major points.
The comments connected to the HIE article show heated opinions from both sides of the issue.
Also, two articles, one from the Chicago Sun Times gives comment and the other from the Wall Street Journal Online brings further details about the firing. The latter articles discuss further about the orthodoxy issue in private Christian unversity practices. Included in this article is the topic how Catholic schools prefer to hire Catholic faculty members. That should not be a surprise to anyone.
Joshua Hochschild, the professor is now teaching at Mount Saint Mary's College in Maryland. You guessed it. It's a small Catholic college.
23Buy truth--
don't sell it for love or money;
buy wisdom, buy education, buy insight.
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