The modern academic study of religion, while aspiring to be objective and scientific, has in fact been compromised by the intrusion of faith upon its mission. (religion-online.org)
The best known of these is the Iowa School of Religion, founded in the 1920s, which balanced Protestantism with representatives of Catholicism and Judaism, but was originally designed to promote the practice of religion and the training of religious leaders, not just the detached academic study of religion. (firstthings.com)
In June, educators from Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools made history when they completed an intensive academic study of religion. (nbpts.org)