“Harvard, founded in 1636, was to be an institution to educate the clergy and perpetuate the Christian faith, now with an atheist as its chief chaplain its mission appears to be just the opposite.” Admin
The new chief chaplain at Harvard University is an atheist, the New York Times reported.
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Author Greg Epstein, the 44-year-old writer of “Good Without God,” is the Ivy League university’s new chaplain and will “coordinate the activities of more than 40 university chaplains who lead the Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and other religious communities on campus.”
Epstein said of his appointment, “There is a rising group of people who no longer identify with any religious tradition but still experience a real need for conversation and support around what it means to be a good human and live an ethical life.”
Epstein, who was raised in a Jewish household, has been the university’s “humanist chaplain” since 2005 and previously educated students on how to center their relationships around themselves and one another rather than with God.
Read More: New chief chaplain at Harvard University is an atheist – TheBlaze
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