[Buddha-l] Question for acedemic teachers of Buddhism

[jkirk]

Yes-- I share the sense of 'critical" as excercising, let's say,
'fair' (rather than 'good'?) judgment.
Happy to hear that both Naropa U and the famous Catholic
university's comparative religion program are equanimous.
I was trying to recall the name of Bob Jones U. when I wrote, but
couldn't (senior moment #?).
It is indeed a perfect counter example.  Never heard of Liberty
U., but thanks for supplying both.

Joanna
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On Mon, 2008-06-23 at 18:36 -0600, jkirk wrote:

> I wonder how critical the Buddhist Studies program is at
Naropa, for 
> example.

>From what I know of the folks who teach Buddhism there, their
approach
is critical in the very best sense of the word. It is helpful to
remember that the word "critical" simply means exercising (good)
judgment. The folks at Naropa are good at that exercise.

>  By comparison, I wonder how equanimous a course on religion
might be 
> if taught at Notre Dame University's Comparative Religions
course, if 
> there is one.

Yes, there is such a program, and it has an excellent reputation.

I think if you wanted to find a deeply biased view of world
religions, you might have to look at something like Liberty
University or Bob Jones University. You're not likely to find
unreasonably biased approaches to religious studies in any
accredited university. You may, however, find things taught that
do not please all people.

--
Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico

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