Norbert Schedler
American academic
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Political Science
Norbert Schedler's Degrees
- PhD Political Science University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Political Science University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Political Science University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Norbert O. Schedler was a Distinguished Emeritus University Professor of Philosophy and Founding Director of The Honors College at the University of Central Arkansas. Education Schedler received a B.A. in Classics from Concordia Seminary in Clayton, Missouri, in 1955. Concordia Seminary in those days was in deep theological turmoil, on the defensive against relativism, science, and secularism. Still, Schedler met with several young members of the faculty in their homes, where they talked about these ideas, especially the notion of "higher criticism", treating the Bible like any other text. Concordia's student bookstore became a liberal site on campus as Schedler, an employee, ordered books they were told not to read. The faculty eventually became aware of this, and took the bookstore over from the students. With fellow Concordia student Bob Smith, Schedler ventured into the classes at nearby secular Washington University in St. Louis beginning in 1955. He enrolled in a course called 'Ethics', the first course he took that was not taught by the church. Schedler found the atheist professor a marvelous human being. He read works by Martin Buber and became convinced that God was a process, entering into conversations with human beings: "And God changed his mind and repented" . "And of course, that's a violation of everything I had ever learned. I mean, God's all knowing, right? God's omniscient, right? And God changed his mind? That can't be right."
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