Wheaton College, an Evangelical college in Illinois, USA, has now begun the process to fire associate professor of political scien...
Wheaton College, an Evangelical
college in Illinois, USA, has now begun the process to fire associate professor
of political science, Larycia Hawkins, after she made a controversial
theological statement on Facebook that Muslims and Christians worship the same God.
She had been placed on
administrative leave after she posted on Facebok that she would wear a hijab
during the Advent season in support of Muslims.
“I stand in religious solidarity
with Muslims because they, like me, a Christian, are people of
the book, and as
Pope Francis stated last week, we worship the same God.”
The school has now issued a
statement that reads:
“Following Dr. Hawkins’ written
response on December 17 to questions regarding her theological convictions, the
College requested further theological discussion and clarification, “However, as
posted previously, Dr. Hawkins declined to participate in further dialogue
about the theological implications of her public statements and her December 17
response.”
