Comments on: University receives $30 million gift to establish religious and politics center http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/12/16/university-receives-30-million-gift-to-establish-religious-and-politics-center/ The independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jerome Bauer http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/12/16/university-receives-30-million-gift-to-establish-religious-and-politics-center/#comment-6158 Jerome Bauer Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:14:14 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=8277#comment-6158 Thanks, Matt! Frank Flinn, an Adjunct Professor, carried the Religious Studies Program for many years, doing double duty while the Administration's attention was elsewhere. For eight years, I, a Lecturer, helped him carry it, doing double and then triple duty. We are both still here. Thank you for the acknowledgment. Thanks, Matt! Frank Flinn, an Adjunct Professor, carried the Religious Studies Program for many years, doing double duty while the Administration’s attention was elsewhere. For eight years, I, a Lecturer, helped him carry it, doing double and then triple duty. We are both still here. Thank you for the acknowledgment.

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]]> By: Matt Arnold http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/12/16/university-receives-30-million-gift-to-establish-religious-and-politics-center/#comment-6137 Matt Arnold Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:18:05 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=8277#comment-6137 I have to agree with Jane Spring and Prof. Bauer. My first thought while reading this article was "this sounds like a job for Frank Flinn." I have to agree with Jane Spring and Prof. Bauer. My first thought while reading this article was “this sounds like a job for Frank Flinn.”

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]]> By: Jerome Bauer http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/12/16/university-receives-30-million-gift-to-establish-religious-and-politics-center/#comment-6044 Jerome Bauer Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:00:16 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=8277#comment-6044 Correction to my note above: that's FFFFF. I left out one F, but Frank Flinn's grade should be A! Professor Flinn handed me his "Varieties of the Religious 'Right'" course in 2001, to be taught as my own class, and some of his syllabus material is now incorporated in my signature course, "Fundamentalisms East and West," referenced above. He is very generous and supportive of his colleagues and students. "WashU treasure" he most certainly is. Correction to my note above: that’s FFFFF. I left out one F, but Frank Flinn’s grade should be A!

Professor Flinn handed me his “Varieties of the Religious ‘Right’” course in 2001, to be taught as my own class, and some of his syllabus material is now incorporated in my signature course, “Fundamentalisms East and West,” referenced above. He is very generous and supportive of his colleagues and students. “WashU treasure” he most certainly is.

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]]> By: Jerome Bauer http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/12/16/university-receives-30-million-gift-to-establish-religious-and-politics-center/#comment-6042 Jerome Bauer Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:34:32 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=8277#comment-6042 I agree with Jane Spring about FFFF, Frank Flinn the Flamboyant Former Franciscan. I agree with Jane Spring about FFFF, Frank Flinn the Flamboyant Former Franciscan.

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]]> By: Jane Spring http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/12/16/university-receives-30-million-gift-to-establish-religious-and-politics-center/#comment-6039 Jane Spring Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:42:39 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=8277#comment-6039 There would be no better addition to this center than Frank Flinn, a national expert in this field and a WashU treasure. There would be no better addition to this center than Frank Flinn, a national expert in this field and a WashU treasure.

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]]> By: Jerome Bauer http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/12/16/university-receives-30-million-gift-to-establish-religious-and-politics-center/#comment-5939 Jerome Bauer Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:50:14 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=8277#comment-5939 PPS to my note above: Please see also "Fundamentalisms East and West: From Conservative Protestants to the War on Terror (Leave Me Out of the Family Feud)": http://www.facebook.com/notes/jerome-bauer/fundamentalisms-east-and-west-from-conservative-protestants-to-the-war-on-terror/194935459828 This course is still available, on and off our campus, for modest tips, free to the unemployed... PPS to my note above: Please see also “Fundamentalisms East and West: From Conservative Protestants to the War on Terror (Leave Me Out of the Family Feud)”: http://www.facebook.com/notes/jerome-bauer/fundamentalisms-east-and-west-from-conservative-protestants-to-the-war-on-terror/194935459828

This course is still available, on and off our campus, for modest tips, free to the unemployed…

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]]> By: Jerome Bauer http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/12/16/university-receives-30-million-gift-to-establish-religious-and-politics-center/#comment-5938 Jerome Bauer Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:31:14 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=8277#comment-5938 PS to my note above: It is great that WashU has a generous donor to support star power scholarship on current events (the apparent focus of the new programs to be funded). We already have a current events, business, and national security related international studies program, even as our classical language programs (East and West) are neglected or quietly dismantled. If we forget our past, how can we chart our future? Who will make a generous donation to support disciplined and painstaking philological scholarship, with no flash and hype, and no political or military value? Classical studies are currently out of fashion, but they provide depth and breadth to all our other programs, and are too often taken for granted. Lecturer Dr. Jerome "John Hancock" Bauer --AB, The University of Chicago, in Cultural Anthropology (official major), Civilizational Studies (unofficial major) --AM, The University of Chicago, Divisional Master's Program in the Social Sciences, Ideology and Utopia (Individualized Study) --MA, UCSB, Religious Studies (South Asian and American Religion) --PhD, University of Pennsylvania, "with distinction," from the Department Formerly Known as Oriental Studies "Washington University Needs More Ethnic, Asian American, Oriental/Philological, and Civilizational Studies": http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=134122419828 PS to my note above: It is great that WashU has a generous donor to support star power scholarship on current events (the apparent focus of the new programs to be funded). We already have a current events, business, and national security related international studies program, even as our classical language programs (East and West) are neglected or quietly dismantled. If we forget our past, how can we chart our future?

Who will make a generous donation to support disciplined and painstaking philological scholarship, with no flash and hype, and no political or military value? Classical studies are currently out of fashion, but they provide depth and breadth to all our other programs, and are too often taken for granted.

Lecturer Dr. Jerome “John Hancock” Bauer
–AB, The University of Chicago, in Cultural Anthropology (official major), Civilizational Studies (unofficial major)
–AM, The University of Chicago, Divisional Master’s Program in the Social Sciences, Ideology and Utopia (Individualized Study)
–MA, UCSB, Religious Studies (South Asian and American Religion)
–PhD, University of Pennsylvania, “with distinction,” from the Department Formerly Known as Oriental Studies

“Washington University Needs More Ethnic, Asian American, Oriental/Philological, and Civilizational Studies”:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=134122419828

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]]> By: Jerome Bauer http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/12/16/university-receives-30-million-gift-to-establish-religious-and-politics-center/#comment-5897 Jerome Bauer Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:43:57 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=8277#comment-5897 At least they have an open agenda: "Based on both his political and religious background, Danforth’s involvement in the establishment of the center comes as no surprise. The former senator is an ordained Episcopalian priest and in recent years has drawn headlines about his vocal opposition to what he deems as the Republican Party’s transformation into a group of conservative Christians." ---to move the Republican Party back to its secular center--, "In 2006 he authored a book titled, Faith and Politics: How the “Moral Values” Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together." --in an inclusive and non-partisan way, I agree with this agenda, though I am not a Republican and I have no problem with conservative Christians in general, and often play devil's advocate for so-called "fundamentalists" in the line of duty (because they are an unpopular religious minority around here). Better an open agenda than a hidden one. At least they have an open agenda:

“Based on both his political and religious background, Danforth’s involvement in the establishment of the center comes as no surprise. The former senator is an ordained Episcopalian priest and in recent years has drawn headlines about his vocal opposition to what he deems as the Republican Party’s transformation into a group of conservative Christians.”

—to move the Republican Party back to its secular center–,

“In 2006 he authored a book titled, Faith and Politics: How the “Moral Values” Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together.”

–in an inclusive and non-partisan way,

I agree with this agenda, though I am not a Republican and I have no problem with conservative Christians in general, and often play devil’s advocate for so-called “fundamentalists” in the line of duty (because they are an unpopular religious minority around here).

Better an open agenda than a hidden one.

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]]> By: J. Smith http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/12/16/university-receives-30-million-gift-to-establish-religious-and-politics-center/#comment-5869 J. Smith Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:53:16 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=8277#comment-5869 any chance I can get one of those spots? any chance I can get one of those spots?

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]]> By: Stan http://www.studlife.com/news/2009/12/16/university-receives-30-million-gift-to-establish-religious-and-politics-center/#comment-5847 Stan Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:48:15 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=8277#comment-5847 So they cut the center for ethics and human values and establish the center for religion and politics? So they cut the center for ethics and human values and establish the center for religion and politics?

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