[Apologetics] Shakeup at Mike Farris' Patrick Henry College in Purcellville

[Art Kelly]

Shakeup at Patrick Henry College
New president and academic dean announced after 5 of
school's 16 faculty quit in protest.

by Sheryl Henderson Blunt in Purcellville, Va. |
posted 05/15/2006 12:30 p.m.
  
A contentious debate at Patrick Henry College that
began over theological differences, the interpretation
of Scripture, and academic freedom has prompted 5 of
the school's 16 full-time faculty members to announce
they will not be returning to the conservative,
Christian college next year. The announcements bring
the total number of departing professors to nine in
the past year, not including two adjuncts, as well as
four senior executives who left in the past 18 months,
departing professors say.

In the wake of the departures, the school announced
significant changes to the school's executive staff.
Effective July 1, Graham Walker, previously vice
president for academic affairs and dean of Oklahoma
Wesleyan University, will replace Farris as president,
while Farris will assume the college's chancellor
position. Gene Edward Veith, currently the cultural
editor of World Magazine and a former English
professor, will also begin that day as the college's
new academic dean.

The full article is at
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/120/12.0.html
which states in part:

The debate reached a head when Root published an
article entitled "Of St. Augustine, the Teacher, and
Politics" in the campus publication The Source. The
piece argued that St. Augustine "deserves to be called
a Saint because he was instrumental in making
political philosophy palpable to Christians and vice
versa. 
 [He] taught Christians how to engage the
culture around them."

Soon after its publication, Root learned his contract
was being "temporarily withdrawn" based on the
article...

On March 8 another Source article, this one by Noe and
Culberson entitled "The Role of General Revelation in
Education," again prompted the administration's
response. 

"A common misconception among American evangelicals,
and one that cannot be supported by the Scriptures
themselves, is that the Bible is the only source of
truth," the article began...

Farris, a Baptist minister, has publicly expressed
views that have shocked some professors and students.

"He said St. Augustine was in hell," said Root. "I
heard it with my own ears." Other professors and
students said Farris has repeatedly disparaged
Calvinist theology.

Art

     

                           
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