Firing of prof at Colorado Christian puts focus on Christ and capitalism
By Berny Morson, Rocky Mountain News
August 13, 2007
What would Jesus teach about capitalism, and what would be on His assigned reading list?
That's the issue dividing Colorado Christian University, where the dismissal of a professor has sparked lively student and alumni chatter on the Internet.
The dispute at the usually tranquil Lakewood campus pits Andrew Paquin, head of a religious charity that aids poor people in Africa, against former U.S. Sen. William Armstrong, R-Colo., president of Colorado Christian and a pillar of the religious right.
Armstrong fired Paquin from a position teaching global studies at the end of the spring semester amid concerns that his lessons were too radical and undermined the school's commitment to the free enterprise system. the rest
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