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In reply to the discussion: Teaching religion: my students are trying to run my course [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,587 posts)6. No, it is new
That's what the article says. And evangelicals have not had significant influence in British universities before, especially from the student level.
I think you should concentrate on what most of the article is about, and ignore the mention of Dawkins, which is nothing more than a "I'm not saying this because I'm a Dawkins supporter" disclaimer. As much as I like Dawkins, not everything is about him. No, British university theology departments have not been significantly changed by Dawkins, or others like him, over the past couple of decades. You can look more to people like John Robinson or Don Cupitt for that (because there hasn't been a sudden change) or general developments in the humanities.
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The author documents his own experiences with teaching a college course on religion in the UK
KurtNYC
Feb 2014
#2
Well, I was about to post it because it shows evangelicals bullying others
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2014
#3
And ironically, that's the very kind of thing that Dawkins dislikes so much about religion.
trotsky
Feb 2014
#32
All you took away from this article is that the author criticizes Dawkins?
Lydia Leftcoast
Feb 2014
#24
To point out that it's worth atheists studying religion in more detail
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2014
#29
It's pointing out that an undergraduate course needs to go a lot further than Dawkins
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2014
#44
In their own mind? You are "attributing false feelings and motivations"
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2014
#33
"nothing more than a "I'm not saying this because I'm a Dawkins supporter" disclaimer" *AGAIN*
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2014
#37
No, you haven't answered why he needed to disassociate himself from Dawkins
skepticscott
Feb 2014
#43
This is what concerns me about the new "students rights" laws in some of the southern states.
Jim__
Feb 2014
#8
There was the Bristol University Christian Union incident a couple of years ago
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2014
#20