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alephnerd an hour ago

There's nothing inherently wrong with theological education assuming it is also clubbed with other curricula and is not dogmatic in nature.

Most major theological programs in the US like Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Chicago, Vandy, and Notre Dame take this kind of an interdisciplinary approach.

The issue with madrassas and some hardcore yeshivas and seminaries is they do not allow any curricula that isn't litigurical in nature.

> Liberal education was traditionally broad. There are curricula based on the Great Books. [1] They can be criticized for being retro, but they are not narrow

I've found the Great Books curricula to be closer in style to madrassa and hardcore yeshivot curricula than a traditional liberal arts education, as they don't actively try to connect past texts and treatise with the present.

The Great Books curriculum is itself a holdover from back when UChicago was meant to be a fundy evangelical theological program.