Yup.
From the current Faculty Handbook...
But it doesn't meet the *Conservative* characteristics that I posted at the beginning of the thread (just Conservative rather than *Conservative*, I guess)

Twenty years ago there was way more involved than chapel. There were strict curfews among other strict conduct rules. I'm glad for you that it has become less stringent, but don't kid yourself that you're in an environment that is even fairly liberal.

I wouldn't quite say that. It is possible—both for individuals and institutions—to be liberal as to some things, conservative as to others, and somewhere in between on still others. I'm not saying Belmont is or isn't liberal—I know next to nothing about Belmont—but I'd never say a conservative (but legally permissible) stance on one issue defines an institution over all. Belmont may not be bastion of liberalism, but despite a more conservative view on wanting religious faculty, it could still be "fairly liberal" overall, which was the claim.

I agree. Maybe the poster meant that the student body is fairly liberal?

I don't view it as just wanting religious faculty, I view it as isolating their students from opposing viewpoints.

Shorter University got a lot stricter when the Southern Baptists staged a takeover some 5 years ago and brought in some administrators from Charleston Southern. A huge amount of faculty and students left.

Shorter has Phi Mu, Zeta, and ADPi.

That's how I interpreted it too.

What denomination if any were they affiliated with before?

P.S. "Southern Baptist Takeover" would be a good name for a band.

I guess you could say that they used to be nominally Southern Baptist before.

I get that. I just tend to think lots of things can go into the mix.

But then, I have issues with the labels "conservative" and "liberal" anyway.

I feel like everyone is hung up on two words at the end of a sentence. There was a question being asked about religious schools with a list of examples and Belmont was mentioned. My goal was to say that none of those examples fit the school.

I said liberal because the title of the thread stated conservative. In my eyes, liberal is the opposite of conservative, so the objective of my statement was to point out that the school is a bit more in the opposite direction than other religious schools. By saying fairly liberal, I'm not saying Belmont is this " crazy liberal", "hippie", "super-open minded" or what every other label you want to put on it, type of school. My point is Belmont is not as "conservative" as people perceive it. Being that Belmont is a Christian school one should expect there to be some rules that reflect religious views, but the ones that were stated above do not apply.

Thanks, bu1904. That's what I thought you were saying.

I just got this image of the electric versions of instruments of the bible (Electric Tamborine?)

When my mom went to Baylor, there were room checks on Sunday mornings to make sure you went to church. There were also "spot checks" to make sure you had no alcohol in your room.
(My mom recycled a Ten-O-Six lotion bottle for her bourbon. Click the link if you don't know what Ten-O-Six is.)
http://www.kaboodle.com/reviews/ten-...l-oily-13.4oz.

The community orchestra I play in rehearses at Oklahoma Christian University, which is a Church of Christ school. That place is uber-conservative. They do have a Greek system comprised of a bunch of locals under school control. Thy have similar strict social codes as some of these other schools.

LOL...the Ten O Six would probably have done the job all on its own and tasted similar without worrying about getting caught by the No-No Po-Po.