Tenured Professor Leaves Westminster Because Bible has Human Component
I just read this in the Chronicle: July 24, 2008 Bible Professor Will Leave Seminary Instead of Facing Hearing A tenured professor at Westminster Theological Seminary who faced a hearing next month to determine if he would be dismissed is leaving on August 1 under what the Pennsylvania seminary called “mutually agreeable terms,” according to a statement on its Web site. The professor, Peter Enns, who taught the Old Testament at the seminary, wrote a book expressing the view that human beings shaped the Bible. The institution’s Board of Trustees suggested that the idea was contrary to the conservative seminary’s faculty oath. —Beckie Supiano And here is the earlier story: July 10, 2008 Tenured Professor Faces Dismissal at Theological Seminary A tenured professor at Westminster Theological Seminary will face a hearing next month to determine if he will be dismissed for his teachings about the Bible, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported this morning. The professor, ...