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...Divinity School have tried to bring the pope to Harvard. Beginning last spring, they sent letters to the pope through the archdiocese of Boston asking him to speak at Harvard. But as George E. Rupp, dean of the Div School, pointed out, Harvard--founded as a Protestant college--has little claim on the pope...
...divisions of a new curriculum would be like concentric circles, Rupp said. Biblical Studies would be the innermost circle, with Christianity and Culture the second circle and Comparative Religion the outermost...
...Rupp also proposed requiring a set--but uneven--distribution of courses. Students would select how to distribute the courses among the divisions. The distribution courses could account for 12 of the 16 semester courses in a two-year program...
Dyck said he is adopting a "wait-and-see attitude" before judging the proposal, but Rupp said he is "expecting fireworks" about his speech...
Under the proposal, the Old and New Testament departments would form the Biblical studies divison. Church History, Theology, Applied Theology and Ethics would comprise the second division, and History of Religions the third. The departments themselves would not be merged, Rupp said...