Paganism Casts Its Spell Over Methodist Seminary – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Iliff School of Theology is an official theological school and approved seminary of the United Methodist Church that in 2017 received $806,763 from the denomination to train future ordinands. The school was founded in 1892 as part of Colorado Seminary (now the University of Denver) by Episcopal Methodists and became its own institution in 1903. 

Today, the school shies away from an explicit relationship with Christianity. On the about section of Iliff s website, the school avoids calling itself Christian and doesn t mention Jesus or God. Instead, their webpage reads, Related to the United Methodist Church, Iliff serves more than 30 denominations and faith traditions.

Iliff is what happens when a historically Christian institution discovers that it is embarrassed by its Christianity. As teaching Christianity as truth is not an option in that view, Iliff sells itself as a neutral arbiter of transformative debate and dialogue for students of every faith background. Students who step into Iliff Hall and pay $19,824 each year in pursuit of a master s degree can expect to break down everything they ever thought they believed and challenge their every preconception including the existence of the divinity behind the theology that they ostensibly came to study.

via spectator.org

Ah, I know it well. And it was only 20 years ago when it was different. C’est la vie, c’est la guerre.