Saturday, March 08, 2008

What Credentials Does Blair Have to Teach Religion at Yale?

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Photo of Tony Blair courtesy of The Guardian

THE GUARDIAN: Not content with trying to bring peace to the Middle East - as well as advising an insurance company on the risks of climate change, a bank on crisis management and Rwanda on good governance - Tony Blair is to add another job to his portfolio: teaching God and politics at one of America's most prestigious universities.

Yale, the Ivy League alma mater of his good friend George Bush, confirmed yesterday that the former prime minister is to join the schools of management and divinity at the campus in New Haven, Connecticut, in the autumn. He will teach a course on faith and globalisation, looking at religion in the modern world.

This will also be the theme of his Faith Foundation, which he is to launch in London before his Yale commitment starts. It is intended to promote understanding between Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Peace broker, bank adviser and lecturer, now Blair plans to teach religion at Yale: · Ex-PM to deliver course in faith and globalisation
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