Enroth, Ronald, Ph.D.: "A Comment on David McKenzie's 'Teaching Students Who Already Know the Truth'"

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This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1987, Volume 4, Number 1, pages 73-77. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.

A Comment on David McKenzie's "Teaching Students Who Already Know the Truth"

Ronald Enroth, Ph.D.

Westmont College

Professor McKenzie’s essay on the religious dogmatism of his students is wide-ranging and insightful. It reflects a sense of pedagogical concern, nagging frustration, and a hint of personal threat. Its content touches a variety of academic disciplines, principally philosophy and theology. Nevertheless, I believe his discussion is not only incomplete but is in some respects misleading and misdirected.

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