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The Dirty Dozen

Posted by tom | Jan 14, 2007

Thanks to Peter for forwarding From Top Conservative Colleges to 'The Dirty Dozen' found at Christian Post, an online Christian news service. Good to see Grove City College's continued testimony to how an institution when placed under the Lordship of Christ can change direction through a renewed sense of purpose, perseverance, and intellectual/academic focus applied in a particular location. Please join me in prayer that the Light of Christ continues to shine and work out, by the power of the Spirit submitted to the Father, through the people of God on campuses such Occidental College, University of California-Los Angeles, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, UC-Berkeley, and Hollins University.

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    I was shocked to see on the Dirty Dozen list, a class about "Nonviolent Responses to Terrorism"! However liberal Swarthmore College is, and I know they are, this class surely does not belong on the same list as some of the other trash on there, does it? And I find it hard to believe that this class could be considered "Politically Correct" in a country so patriotic and supportive of war as a solution to conflict!

    Posted by Amy, Jan 14 2007, 16:41

    Amy, I have to agree Nonviolent Responses to Terrorism sounds like a good thing and one which many followers of Christ would resonate with, e.g., historic peace churches. FYI: Check out the article on peace at http://www.gameo.org/ (Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online).

    I think the conservative foundation was seeking to draw attention to leftist activism more than political correctness (PC), with leftist activism being a critique of conservative values. But PC can at times be used interchangibly with leftist/marxist activism. Has someone written a helpful definition of PC?

    Dictionary.com sends one down a number of interesting paths and not surprisingly wikipedia has the following warnings on their treatment of the topic: The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. The neutrality of this article is disputed.

    Easy to critique what one doesn't like, harder (at times impossible) to share a helpful perspective to be embraced by all as how to address larger concerns in an academic, political, and public context. But I have a dream and we celebrate the compelling, life, ministry, and words of one such role model tomorrow. Which reminds me, I would have interest in taking Whiteness: The Other Side of Racism at Mount Holyoke College and Blackness at Occidental College, in addition to Nonviolent Responses to Terrorism at Swarthmore College.

    In Christ, Tom

    Posted by Tom Grosh, Jan 14 2007, 21:28
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