Religion and Academic Freedom

Religion and Academic Freedom

The relationship between academic freedom and religious institutions has often been disputed. The AAUP, in its 1940 statement, made an exception to academic freedom for religious institutions. However, its 1970 interpretation is more skeptical about the exception, and the AAUP has censured religious institutions for failing to warn faculty about any limits on academic freedom.

Websites:

Statement on Theological and Academic Freedom (7^th Day Adventist Church): http://www.adventist.org/beliefs/main_stat36.html

Against Academic Freedom by T.E. Wilder (1994): http://www.visi.com/~contra_m/cm/features/cm11_against.html

Academic Freedom and the Rights of Religious Faculty By John Whitehead President, The Rutherford Institute: http://www.leaderu.com/real/ri-intro/freedom.html

The Idol of Academic Freedom (1993) by James Nuechterlein: http://www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9312/articles/nuechterlein.html

Liberating Academic Freedom by George M. Marsden (1998): http://www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9812/opinion/marsden.html

When Faced with Opposition (Religious Academic Freedom, interview): http://www.leaderu.com/real/ri9401/oppose.html

A Zion University (BYU, 1997): http://advance.byu.edu/univconf/Bateman97AUC.html

Academic Freedom at Brigham Young (1997 Denver Post): http://www.lds-mormon.com/byu_aaup.shtml

In God We Trust in the Classroom: http://www.cfif.org/htdocs/freedomline/archive/free_line_godwetrust.htm

Patrick Henry College Denied Accredidation Due to Creationism (2002): http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/118/31.0.html

Catholic Colleges and Academic Freedom (CNN, 2002): http://www.cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/05/28/teaching.catholicism.ap/index.html

Academic Freedom, Creationism, and the Meaning of Democracy, By Massimo Pigliucci (1999): http://www.korrnet.org/reality/rc/1999_summer/academic_freedom.htm

The Issue of Academic Freedom (BYU Magazine, 1997): http://advance.byu.edu/bym/1997/97winter/academicfreedom.html

Academic Freedom and the Catholic University (1997): http://www.stthomas.edu/cathstudies/1997/

Alan Wolfe, The Opening of the Evangelical Mind (October 2000): http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/10/wolfe4.htm

Interview with George Marsden, on religion and academia (October 2000): http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/10/wolfe-marsden.htm

Academic Freedom on Religious Campuses (1999) by James R. Otteson: http://www.fee.org/vnews.php?nid=4404

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