Now, the "current document known as the “conceptual framework”" contains citations of Marxist and leftist thinkers. Do we really accept this as evidence of a shift?! Seriously? Just because a document contains citations DOES NOT mean it reflects the thought of the work cited. As far as we know, the "conceptual framework" could have cited them in refutation - we're never told HOW the department includes the "offending snipets" of progressive writers. Satan "cited" Scripture in his Temptation of Christ - does that mean the devil supports the Gospel?

While I do understand that we are in some respect supposed to trust a journalist to present the facts appropriately, even if the "conceptual framework" contains entire books of...

As a Wheaton Undergrad, I am a little surprised by what I'm reading here. Frankly, it has failed quite profoundly to grasp what's actually going on. To be fair, there has been a move to embrace "Social Justice", and the inclusion of some more "leftist" thinkers and theologians into the reading and curriculum. But what has not been done is to explain the way in which these have been incorporated.

It is not necessarily a move to the "left" to hold a focus on Social Justice, if anything it’s a necessarily Christian thing to do (Amos, anyone?). The issue comes when one has to define what Social Justice IS. The goal of the College is to define this in Biblical terms (Biblical terms are going to be vastly different from political...