Merger With Christian University Stokes Uproar Over Faith and Free Expression
The union of Watkins College of Art and Belmont University in Nashville prompted concern that non-Christian faculty members could be purged.

Belmont’s provost told Watkins students on Wednesday that all of Belmont’s faculty and staff were Christian and that only Watkins professors who were Christian could join the university.

By Michael Levenson
Feb. 2, 2020

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