Anyone got any good anecdotes or little known facts about Heythrop College (positive ones preferably)? Let me know...
(Published in Faith and Philosophy 2011. Volume 28, Issue 2, April 2011. Stephen Law. Pages 129-151) EVIDENCE, MIRACLES AND THE EXISTENCE OF JESUS Stephen Law Abstract The vast majority of Biblical historians believe there is evidence sufficient to place Jesus’ existence beyond reasonable doubt. Many believe the New Testament documents alone suffice firmly to establish Jesus as an actual, historical figure. I question these views. In particular, I argue (i) that the three most popular criteria by which various non-miraculous New Testament claims made about Jesus are supposedly corroborated are not sufficient, either singly or jointly, to place his existence beyond reasonable doubt, and (ii) that a prima facie plausible principle concerning how evidence should be assessed – a principle I call the contamination principle – entails that, given the large proportion of uncorroborated miracle claims made about Jesus in the New Testament documents, we should, in the absence of indepen
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Heythrop offers, through the University of London's International Programme, a self taught degree in theology that can be taken all over the world. They send you the materials, study guides, etc. at the beginning of the year, you study on your own, and at the end of the year you take the same final exams that students on campus take, which are graded by the same graders according to the same standards. (Birkbeck college offers a similar degree in philosophy). The International Programme has been around since 1858, and seems to have a decent reputation. It's also remarkably inexpensive.
Professor Law, what do you think about these programs? Do they have as solid a reputation as they claim to have?