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In the amicus brief that Doug Laycock, Greg Baylor, and I filed in Davey, we argued that this kind of determination (what’s “objective” enough and what’s too “devotional”) would entangle the state in discretionary, theologically sensitive questions and constituted another strike against the Washington exclusion (in addition to its being discriminatory and an unconstitutional condition). We didn’t know then what the state did with Gonzaga – we used out-of-state examples of schools whose theology departmental statements of purpose combine a significant faith orientation with a degree of historical/critical study – and I still don’t know.
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To particularize the question, what do they do with Gonzaga?
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Behalf Of Rick Duncan This is a factual question about Washington's denial of Promise Scholarship funding to students, like Josh Davey, who are pursuing a degree in "devotional theology."
Does anyone know whether Promise Scholars at Catholic universities in Washington are denied funding if they major in theology or religious studies? In other words, if a school like Notre Dame were located in Washington, would its theology students be disqualified from the Promise Scholarship Program because theology is taught from a "devotional" perspective? Or is their approach sufficiently "objective" to escape exclusion as "devotional?"
What about a school like Yale and it's Divinity studies program? Eligible for funding because not "devotional?"
Rick
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