The American Association of University Professors told Shorter University, a Southern Baptist-affiliated institution in Georgia, on Monday that its new faith-based requirements for faculty members appear inconsistent with basic principles of academic freedom and with the terms and conditions of the faculty members’ appointments. In a letter to top Shorter officials, the AAUP said the university’s faculty members had complained of being threatened with disciplinary action, including dismissal, if they did not sign a statement that they believe the Bible is inerrant and infallible and that non-Christians are condemned to “everlasting torment.” Faculty members there also are being required to
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