As a Catholic I could teach buddhism if I knew it well enough.
I see. So you have no problem teaching something that you don’t believe in? I take it you would teach it as ‘this is what they believe, but not what is true’, right? Would Catholics have a problem with Protestants doing the same at a Catholic college?
Apparently, Protestants dont get this important distinction.
One can teach anything, but the context in which it is taught is important. Could a Catholic teach the Protestant belief that Mary was a great servant of God, but not eternally a virgin without stating the caveat “that’s what they believe, but it isn’t true”?
What a completely ridiculous objection. The professor’s opinion is irrelevant. One simple says this is what Calvin taught, this is what the Catholic Church teaches, this is how the Church’s teachings developed in this period.
How a professor personally feels is irrelevant.
So a Catholic college isn't really interested in promoting Catholic beliefs as truth, but just teaches the 'book' stuff. That doesn't seem any different from a secular school.
I guess that's what could account for the difference between how Catholic and Protestant colleges might treat converts. After all, if you aren't really teaching your faiths' doctrines as truth, anyone could handle the job. But if you are teaching those doctrines as truth, it doesn't make sense that someone who does not embrace those beliefs would even WANT to work there. (They could work at a Catholic college. ;)