Word: christians
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Harvard today plays host to students at both ends of Stang’s own spectrum of religious experience, having departed substantially from its original role as a training ground for Christian clergy to become a place for students to explore religion...
...separate seminary programs began to arise, the role of religion in the undergraduate curriculum became nebulous, and the University began to offer courses in Christianity for college graduates, eventually sparking the creation of the Divinity School in 1816 to encourage a “serious, impartial, and unbiased investigation of Christian truth,” according to its constitution...
...late 20th century, a liberal Christian interpretation had taken hold at the Divinity School, dominating its pedagogy and culture, Stang says...
...says the school has seen an influx of students of the evangelical tradition, diversifying this liberal Christian bent...
...addition to training some students to be Christian ministers—a program that was one of Harvard’s original goals—Gyatso says that the Divinity School is developing a Buddhist ministry curriculum to complement its Christian counterpart...