I think religion should be taught in college. I\u2019m not talking about \u201creligious studies,\u201d that is, the study of the phenomenon of religion. I\u2019m talking about having imams, priests, pastors, rabbis, and other clerics teach the practice of their faiths. In college classrooms. To college students. For credit. I think religion should be taught in college because I believe it can help save floundering undergraduates. I\u2019m not talking about \u201csaving\u201d them in Christian sense. I\u2019m talking about teaching them how to live so they do not have to suffer an endless stream of miseries.<\/span><\/p>\n If you had asked me when I was a professor whether universities should teach religious practice in order to help undergraduates navigate life, I would have said you were crazy. First, I would have said my students were pretty well adjusted, so they didn\u2019t needed to be saved. Second, I would have said that even if they were in trouble, religion couldn\u2019t help them. Third, I would have said that even if they were in trouble and religion could help them, religion wasn\u2019t real knowledge and couldn\u2019t, therefore, be part of a university curriculum. And fourth, I would have said that even if undergraduates needed saving, religion could save them, and religion could be part of the curriculum, the separation of church and state made teaching religion in public universities impossible.<\/p>\n You may have all of these reservations as well. But I don\u2019t think you should, and I\u2019m going to tell you why.<\/p>\n