A Tragic Abandonment of Identity: The Secularization of America’s Religious Colleges and Universities

Mar 16, 2018 by

by Arthur Goldberg, Public Discourse:

Today’s religious colleges and universities face a choice between two opposing worldviews: the traditional, spiritually embedded worldview upon which they were founded, or the secular, hedonistic, materialistic worldview that dominates them today.

Several recent articles caught my attention. Each involved a religiously affiliated university contradicting the religious principles that undergird the institution. These particular cases involved Catholic universities and centered on abortion, same-sex marriage, and residence facilities for students who identify as gay, lesbian, or transgender.

First, the University of Notre Dame refused an offer by the Trump administration to exempt it from the Obamacare mandate requiring it to provide abortifacients and contraceptives to its students and employees. Even though Notre Dame had previously sued for this right, they recently announced that their health plan contractors would continue providing free birth control, directly violating Catholic doctrine.

Second, Georgetown University likewise took action inconsistent with Catholic doctrine when it approved special residential housing for students who identify as gay, lesbian, or transgender who are interested in examining gender identity and sexual orientation. Previously, Georgetown actually considered the possibility of defunding a pro-marriage student group promoting Catholic teaching regarding marriage as the holy union of one man and one woman (“Love Saxa”).

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