Fired Taylor Professor Tells His Story

The Roys Report

Julie Roys

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.6 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Transcript Jim Spiegel was fired from Taylor University for refusing to remove a song called “Little Hitler” from YouTube. The song is provocative, for sure. But did it warrant Spiegel’s removal? And what does Taylor’s action say about academic freedom and the state of Christian education? In this edition of The Roys Report, Dr. Jim Spiegel joins Julie to tell his side of this story.

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0:00.0	Jim Spiegel was fired from Taylor University for refusing to remove a song called Little Hitler from YouTube.
0:11.0	The song is provocative for sure, but what does Spiegel's firing say about the cancel culture, academic freedom, and the state of Christian education?
0:20.0	Welcome to the Roy's Report, a podcast dedicated to
0:22.8	reporting the truth and restoring the church. I'm Julie Roy's. And today I'm looking forward to
0:27.8	my discussion with Dr. Jim Spiegel. Spiegel was fired by Taylor University for posting a satirical
0:34.1	video on YouTube meant to highlight the Christian doctrine of original sin.
0:38.6	But apparently, someone filed a formal harassment complaint against Spiegel, and then the next
0:43.9	thing he knew, Spiegel was being called into the provost office and ordered to remove the video.
0:49.3	Spiegel says complying with Taylor's demand violated his principles, and being a philosopher and perhaps
0:54.9	the most published and decorated professor at Taylor University, principle is hugely important
1:01.0	to Spiegel. He didn't back down, and then he was fired. Well, today, I'm going to explore
1:06.6	not just what happened to Jim Spiegel. We're also going to explore what this means, not just for
1:11.2	Taylor, but for the Academy and specifically the Christian Academy. But before we do, I just want to
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