College bans student orientation leader from wearing cross necklace

[Adsos Letter]

23. Both my degrees are in History...

...and critical evaluations of Christianity and it's development (it's impact on politics, thought, culture, etc.) were part and parcel of studying the historical record. However, I never felt personally belittled or attacked for my faith (I write this as a Christian).

Ideas are commonly subjected to critical evaluation. I took multi-semester courses on American Thought and Society, the evolving forms and impact of Exceptionalism and Americanism, as well as a semester on "Historiography of the Bible." These courses were taught by professors whose personal backgrounds included significant amounts of time as Christians (one has since adopted Buddhism while the other is, I think, Agnostic). At no time did I ever hear these people criticize the ideas/principles of Christianity; instead, the focus was always on the impact those things had on the historical subject under discussion.

In any case...I wasn't in any of her classes, but it would surprise me if she had been exposed to anything other than a critical evaluation of Christianity's impact/influence. Maybe, as you suggest, she isn't comfortable with that, or perhaps she felt a professor was emphasizing the negatives without addressing the positives, or something like that. I don't know.