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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Reconciling Religion and The Academy

To the Editor

Religion has long been a bad word in academe, especially when scholars actually attempt to assign real-life relevance to it. So it is predictable and amusing, in "Spirituality Research Backed by Templeton Fosters Plenty of Skepticism" (June 12), to see the academy madly circling its wagons to avoid the taint of religion.

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