Word: religion
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...First Amendment rights of "intimate" and "expressive association." In fact, the court referred to the Scouts as a quasi-public entity because of its partnerships with public institutions and facilities. Such accommodation thus put the Scouts in violation of state law prohibiting exclusion based on race, gender, religion or sexual orientation...
Hehir said he also plans to maintain the school's commitment to the study of world religions and to explore the public role of religion--areas in which search committee members praised his expertise...
...think this is a very major development in American religion and American theological education to have a Roman Catholic priest as head of the oldest divinity school in the country," said Cox, the Thomas Professor of Divinity. Catholics now make up 16% of the school's student body...
Hehir is a practicing priest at nearby St. Paul's church and at the Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City, Md., and is also Professor of Practice in Religion and Society at the Divinity School...
Hehir said he also plans to maintain the school's commitment to the study of world religions and to explore the public role of religion--areas in which search committee members praised his expertise...