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If you go back far enough, yes - but we'd be going WAY back. And I've realised I've dragged us well off topic here - apologies. On 12/4/06, Al Billings <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > janet ifimust wrote: > > > > > > On 12/4/06, *Al Billings* <[log in to unmask] > > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > > > Well, I'll bow to the practitioners of theology here. I've certainly > > never seen a theology program that wasn't attached to a school run > > by a > > religious organization (such as the Jesuits that I'm used to) but if > > people say that the discipline has moved beyond such things, I'll > > take > > your word for it. > > > > > > > > Moved beyond it? I took my first degree in theology in 1980 - yes, in > > a university run by Jesuits but there was no presumption of belief on > > the part of the students. > > Yes, moved beyond it. What is the historic reason for a theology > program at a university? I would say it was to train clergy, wasn't it? > > Al > -- Dr. Janet Goodall Research Fellow Institute of Education University of Warwick http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wie/aboutus/