Why Is ASU’s New College Requiring Confessional Rituals?
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At Arizona State University’s New College (where I serve as a tenured full professor of philosophy and religion) the faculty recently voted to make a Native American Land Acknowledgment the official college policy. Until now, these statements were read at the beginning of faculty meetings. At times, faculty were even asked to bow their heads and close their eyes during the reading. What was once a practice has now become policy. That should raise an obvious question: Why is a state university (supposedly committed to political neutrality) requiring what looks very much like a public confession? What Is Actually Being Claimed? The justification provided by the college reads: “Therefore, be it resolved, the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences adopts the official land acknowledgment of Arizona State University in…