Re: [asa] Luther Rice University Masters degrees (was: The image of God)

It's also interesting to note that the longest article in LRU's doctrinal
statement is the one on hell. That suggests a rather skewed focus.

Shalom
George
http://home.roadrunner.com/~scitheologyglm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Davis" <TDavis@messiah.edu>
To: "ASA" <asa@calvin.edu>; "Bernie Dehler" <bernie.dehler@intel.com>
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [asa] Luther Rice University Masters degrees (was: The image of
God)

> Bernie,
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> You commented on your graduate studies at Luther Rice as follows:
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> *Master of Arts in Leadership (MAL)
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> Since mine was more general, it has a little of all the above topics,
> instead of focusing on one topic.
>
> Interesting note: one of my most interesting classes was called "Origins
> and worldviews." It had a sharp YEC bent. But one really interesting
> thing was half the course was about learning modern biology from a modern
> biology textbook, esp. regarding DNA and protein synthesis. Their reason
> was because the super complex processes and micromachines point to God as
> creator. There was no discussion at all about pseudogenes, however (I had
> to do that on my own). Also, Denton was portrayed as a evolution denier.
> I believe this is part of the dishonest tactics that YEC's practice,
> unless my instructor truly was ignorant that Denton accepts evolution
> (common descent) for the biological creation of man.
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> ***
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> Ted now comments.
>
> As your final sentence implies, you did not necessarily receive a quality
> education in theology (and/or other disciplines) -- although I would not
> want to extrapolate too much from your experience in a single course for
> obvious reasons. In general, however, I have reservations about the
> educational philosophy of schools (seminaries, colleges, and Bible
> colleges) that are self-consciously "fundamentalist" in attitude. I don't
> know enough about Luther Rice to have a strong opinion about whether it
> falls into that category (the little I do know is consistent with such a
> conclusion, but I know very little). Many institutions of this sort
> proscribe viewpoints that fall outside of quite narrow boundaries; faculty
> hiring, course syllabi, and curricula are scrutinized for their
> "orthodoxy" on a variety of "litmus test" criteria that often have little
> or nothing to do with Christian orthodoxy in the usual sense. At such a
> school, it can be unusual to encounter alien ideas and ind!
>
> ividuals in anything other than a highly negative light; it would be bad
> for alumni to be able to criticize the school for encouraging too much
> exploration. I doubt that students at such institutions get much in the
> way of an education in theology, beyond what passes for it in
> "fundamentalist" circles.
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> As I say, Bernie, I'm unable to apply this to Luther Rice with much
> confidence. Does the description above seem to fit, in your opinion? Or,
> is it a broader institution in attitude and approach than the generic
> picture painted above?
>
> Ted
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