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The Baptist world has heard very little from Paige Patterson in recent months. Maybe that’s because of the 10 million dollar sex discrimination lawsuit filed against him in federal court by former professor, Sheri Klouda. Or perhaps Patterson was overwhelmed with all of the national attention Southwestern Seminary received upon the unveiling of his plan [...]

Those are the words of the highly esteemed historian Dr. Martin E Marty. Check out his latest column at Christian Century entitled Baptists in the Kitchen In 1958, during a trifaith “Religious Emphasis Week” at the University of Arkansas, I hung out at the Sigma Nu house. One morning some Baptist Sigma Nu brothers were [...]

That’s the title of an op-ed in yesterday’s USA Today. And of course the piece is about Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s homemaking degree. Check it out. ‘It isn’t logical’ Seen in a biblical light, Southwestern’s homemaking program is consistent with the Southern Baptist Convention’s social and theological conservatism. But seen in that same light, the [...]

Paige Patterson’s Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary made many of the newspapers this morning. Check it out. From the Washington Post…. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary offers coursework in Greek and Hebrew, in archaeology, in the philosophy of religion and _ starting this fall _ in how to cook and sew. Southwestern Baptist, [...]

The Dallas Morning News has reported that Dr. Sheri Klouda has filed suit in federal court against Paige Patterson and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Alleging that she lost her job in the School of Theology because of her gender, Klouda accuses Patterson and SWBTS of breach of contract, fraud, and defamation. Klouda has requested unspecified [...]