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Were they founded as a Christian college? If so, it's possible that they changed the curriculum at some point and just kept the name of the department for histo
by Alex3917 9y ago
Were they founded as a Christian college? If so, it's possible that they changed the curriculum at some point and just kept the name of the department for historical reasons. E.g. Harvard has a theology program, but my understanding is that what you're going to get there is a modern liberal academic perspective on religion.
- emodendroket 9y agoProbably more schools than you are aware of (based on this comment) began with religious purposes -- including Harvard, founded "to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity, dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches when our present ministers shall lie in the dust." (c.f. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University#Colonial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University#Colonial)
- Alex3917 9y agoI realize that most US colleges were created for religious reasons, that's why I asked that. In fact the public school system in the U.S. was also created for religious reasons, to prevent kids from being tempted by satan.