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by TimorousBestie 108 days ago
Historically, the Protestant and Catholic churches invested very heavily in liberal arts education in America; initially, more than the state did. The university (and even the liberal arts college) as an institution isn’t fundamentally incompatible with Christianity.
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Most of the time it’s the political right that is at odds with Christianity.
Even more so in the case of early European universities.