Colleges and universities have long offered degree courses in religious studies and theology, but now one college in the USA has moved to offer the first degree programme in secularism.
Pitzer College is "a small liberal arts institution" in Southern California and the course will comprise modules such as "God, Darwin and Design in America", "Anxiety in the Age of Reason" and "Bible as literature"
Read more in this online article from the New York Times
A very welcomed development. A university is supposed to be a place of academic freedom and experimentation of various thoughts. I expect SOAS to follow that example too.
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