The Queen of the Sciences

Philosophy is making a big comeback in universities, even though some parents and educators lement that philosophy will not get students anywhere in life. 

The article makes some crucial points about the necessity of thought, morality, and ethics as a foundation for a healthy and rewarding career.  The higher education system in the US has increasingly become infatuated with specialization and technique instead of grounding students in critical thinking, research, and scholarship.  

What disappoints me about the article though is that in our secularized age philosophy has usurped theology's rightful role as "the queen of the sciences."

This begs the question: How can theology become a major discipline within secular and religious universities? 

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Comments

Theology should have many of the same selling points as the article mentions for philosophy. The interesting question is how theology could be sold to prospective students in a way that distinguishes it from philosophy. How much of a dividing line is there really?