Are human beings still interested in studying what it means to be a human being? Yes, but maybe not for long; see In Tough Times, the Humanities Must Justify Their Worth in the New York Times.
As an aside, I just read in Mouw’s Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport this morning Martin Marty’s explanation of his doctrinal persuasion by beginning, “first and foremost, I am a human being, but I find being a Christian to be the best way for me to be a human being . . .”
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Josh
30 March, 2009
It’s funny how some things are treated as being so important, but once the rubber hits the road our actions say otherwise. It’s sad this is happening to schools…Covenant is also having enrollment issues as a Christian, liberal arts school. We have similar attitudes for lots of things like this…like the environment. As long as we have enough things, we want to save it, but things start to tank and we’re less concerned about the ozone. I find it’s also true of how I treat the Sabbath. When I have lots of time I love to observe it, but once I have tests or other projects to work on, it’s less important on my to do list. I think that quote from Mouw should cause a large increase in enrollment at Covenant…take care.
JF Jones
30 March, 2009
I agree. Of course, Mouw, himself, has a stake in this as he is the president of Fuller.