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What is Academic Freedom and Tenure, and Why Do They Matter (e.g., for teaching about religion!)?

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

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Introduction

Bart Erman is a six-time New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned Bible scholar. He uncovers the many fascinating, little-known facts about the New Testament,. the historical Jesus and the rise of Christianity. Are university professors brainwashing their students to follow a liberal agenda while hiding behind academic freedom? Does the US system of tenure allow professors to say whatever they want, safe in the knowledge that they can never be fired? And what is tenure anyway? Who better to ask these questions than tenured professor who has spent decades teaching in higher education, Dr Bart Erman?

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