While we're at it.(The public square: a continuing survey of religion, culture, and public life)

First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, November, 2004 by Neuhaus, Richard

* When I spoke at ceremonies marking the inauguration of Robert Sloan as president of Baylor University some years ago, I noted that atheist faculty members who support the idea of a Christian university are less of a problem than devout Christians who don't (see FT, "Eleven Theses," January 1996). It seems that is turning out to be the case at Baylor. Last May the Board of Regents fell one vote short of asking for President Sloan's resignation, and it was rumored that he would be forced out in July. Sloan and his ambitious program "Baylor 2012" are still standing, although shaken. Baylor 2012 is based on the premise that, in Sloan's words, "Baylor University has the opportunity to become the only major university in America, clearly centered in the Protestant...

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