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\"\"Classes begin today at Butler University. This semester I am teaching two core curriculum courses, one on the Bible and the other a freshman seminar on faith, doubt, and reason. My third course is an upper-level course on religion and science.<\/p>\n

If you teach, what are you teaching this semester? If you are a student, what classes are you taking?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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