We don't compromise our own beliefs and values, nor do
we require other faith traditions to alter theirs.
Not exact matches
Guiding Principles Religious and theological studies depend on and reinforce each
other; A principled approach to religious values and
faith demands the intellectual rigor and openness of quality academic work; A well - educated student of religion must have a deep and broad understanding of more than a single religious
tradition; Studying religion
requires that one understand one's own historical context as well as that of those whom one studies; An exemplary scholarly and teaching community
requires respect for and critical engagement with difference and diversity of all kinds.
It is dualistic, setting the complementary opposites of Grace & nature, Bible and
Tradition,
faith and reason, and Grace and
faith in radical opposition to each
other so that, becoming «spiritual»
requires us to despise our own humanity — a humanity that God merely loved; but assumed in the Mystery of the Incarnation.