Christian School Fires Professor for Writing Novel With Un-Christian Characters [patheos.com]

The flava:
This spring, T.J. Martinson received a job offer to teach English at Olivet Nazarene University, a religious school outside Chicago where he, his parents, and his grandparents all attended. No doubt he was excited about the opportunity as a newly minted Ph.D.

But last month, before even stepping foot in a classroom, Martinson was told he was fired. All because of a novel he published in March called The Reign of the Kingfisher. (A novel, mind you. Not a memoir or a work of non-fiction or anything else that suggests his own beliefs.)

The article:
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/07/11/christian-school-fires-professor-for-writing-novel-with-un-christian-characters/

Tuesday, July 9, 2019