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Subject: Re: Other Spiritual Paths: BOOK LIST
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Date: Wed, 31-Oct-84 14:18:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 31 14:18:41 1984
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> > > 	this is the guy who got a B.A. in Magic, from UC-Berkeley,
> > > 	legitimately, back in the '70's.
> > [me]
> > A degree in Magic? There aren't that many aspiring prestidigitators out
> > there, so I can only conclude that a *state-supported* school has
> > established a religion.
> [Steve Bellovin]
> Come now...  Anything, from magic as a sociological phenomenon to magic as a
> religion to christianity as a religion is a fitting subject for academic
> inquiry.  The only constraint I'd apply is that the matter be studied
> academically, not theologically.  There are many religion departments at
> secular (and state-supported) universities; they're merely a recognition
> that religions exist, and have had significant impacts on society, philosphy,
> etc.  It would be discriminatory to say that such departments were allowed to
> study Christianity only, or "Judaeo-Christian" [sic] religions only.

A degree in religion or religious studies is one thing. A degree in
Magic/Christianity/Islam/Buddhism/Ubizmo/... is something else.
-- 
		The Ice Floe of Larry Bickford
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