October 1, 1999

The Hidden Discipline of Religious Studies

By RICHARD E. WENTZ

It was the first time I had done any teaching on the campus of Mesa Community College. As I walked out of the upper-division course offered by Arizona State University, a student from another class, a man in his 50s, fell in beside me. "Hmm," I thought, "friendly place." I listened to his story, how his wife had encouraged him to "go back to school" even though he already had a good job, some high-tech thing or other. But he was getting some interesting and useful

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