Effective Teaching

While I believe in the free expression of opinion, I am saddened by some of the letters to the editor which seem to condemn other letters and/or articles. Learning about other faiths in no way diminishes or trivializes our own. In fact it can strengthen it. I am in the last decade of my century, a lifelong Presbyterian, who values a first rate education beginning in the home, continuing in church, in school, in university and life experiences. I believe that as long as we have life in this world we are growing and learning. To quote the late professor William Barclay of Glasgow University: “To listen to the other side of the question can be a salutary experience.” I firmly believe that no professor of theology can be an effective teacher without studying all the faiths/religions of the world.