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...have a place at Harvard after all. On the heels of the General Education report that added a religion requirement to the Core, a national study released last week revealed that the majority of college educators believe in some form of God. Assistant Professor of Sociology Neil Gross, co-author of the study, said he was surprised to find so many people of faith in the professorate. “Conservative critics of higher education paint the academy as a bastion of atheism,” Gross wrote in an e-mail. “There are indeed more atheists...
...supposedly is not representative of true Islam. But then where is the condemning, restraining voice of the so-called saner elements of Islam? The world is waiting. Eugene Ryan Estero, Florida, U.S. Pope Benedict XVI's quoting of a medieval text that basically states that Islam is a violent religion resulted in predictable - and violent - reactions in parts of the Muslim world. The irony is so glaring, it is hardly bearable. But the same type of irony can easily be found in Christianity. How much violence has been committed to defend teachings that advise turning the other cheek...
HARVARD GETS RELIGION...
...Professors] in the study of religion were pleasantly surprised,” said Professor of the Practice of Indo-Muslim Languages and Cultures Ali S. Asani, who teaches Foreign Cultures 70, “Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Society...
...problems we face in the world today is...illiteracy of religion and culture,” Asani said, adding that understanding faith in society could help combat stereotypes...