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Originally Posted by Sliver
Is it possible you'll be better at your job? I'd think being agnostic/atheist/areligious would allow you to be more objective in your work. It's a pretty strong bias to be religious while studying religion (not to say you couldn't be professional about it).
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It’s not a matter of professionalism and ability (I would like to think that I have been operating with a healthy understanding of my own biases and blind spots for a while now; and I don't think "being religious" would undercut my ability to be critical about it any more than being non-religious. Most scholars of religion are religious). The problem is the nature of my field. The vast majority of positions are at Christian or Jewish schools which require a specific confessional declaration. My own contract at TWU ends today, and even in the event that they chose to renew my contract, I could no longer sign one on account of my rejection of the community standards agreement.