The Christian faith makes some hard, exclusive, theological . . . Any agenda, premise or procedure that negates or corrodes that core vitiates the very possibility of genuine ecumenicity in the name of some other objective. The BC comparativists seem to be aware of this while being committed to a pluralistic inclusivism which militates against that vital core of Christian faith. In this light it is easy to see how comparative theologians would be eager to have a Unitarian chair the Theology Department, regardless of what faith he was baptized into. It is ironic that the people on campus most strenuously defending Boston College s Catholicity in this issue are a Lutheran and a Baptist.
Observers say the point remains.
The decision may well mark a turning point for Boston College in its movement to strengthen its Catholic identity. If its claim to be a truly Catholic college is not true, it would simply be false advertising.