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\"\"Today is the first day of classes in the new semester at Butler University. I\u2019m teaching my course on the Bible, an upper-level course on the Gospel of John, and the second semester of my freshman core curriculum course on Faith, Doubt, and Reason.<\/p>\n

If you teach or are a student, what classes are on your schedule?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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