offhand i would support this , particularly if courses on other religions or comparative religions could be offered. of course, i'm not naive enough not to understand the motives of some of those involved. but religion is central to many disciplines besides theology or any sort of actual religious training: philosophy, history, art history, music, and all the social sciences, and the bible is central to many of those disciplines anywhere where jerusalem-style monotheism (judaism/christianity/islam) has been widely practiced.