by Sandy » Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:03 pm
The Princeton example gave Keith a chance to ignore the broader statement in my post, and that relates to Theological education and "academic freedom." What standard, or objective authority inserts the completely humanist definition of academic freedom into theological education? The New Testament writers lay out a very consistent perspective, defining both the objectives and the methods for teaching and preaching the gospel. The Bible is not just a single book, it is a collection of inspired works recognized by the church as authoritative. So contexts, interpreted by corroborating scripture, are pretty clear to find. "Academic freedom" is not a principle that the writers of scripture understood. They didn't operate under a principle that let them bring in other human perspectives, including their own.