January 12, 2007

Ecumenism, Secularism, and Biblical Scholarship

To the Editor:

In "What's Wrong With the Society of Biblical Literature?" (The Chronicle Review, November 10), Jacques Berlinerblau seriously underestimates the amount of attention that secular universities give to biblical studies. According to a recent survey by the American Academy of Religion, 14 percent of the undergraduate courses offered in public-university religion programs are in biblical studies. Over 70 percent of those programs offer a course on the New Testament, making

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