Kansas Bible Study Rift Spurs Lawsuit

By Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Published September 17, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

A Christian students group at Washburn University in Kansas refused to allow a Mormon student to lead a Bible study. The Mormon student complained, and the school backed him and withdrew the club's subsidy. The group has now filed a lawsuit. NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports.

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Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Barbara Bradley Hagerty is the religion correspondent for NPR, reporting on the intersection of faith and politics, law, science and culture. Her New York Times best-selling book, "Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality," was published by Riverhead/Penguin Group in May 2009. Among others, Barb has received the American Women in Radio and Television Award, the Headliners Award and the Religion Newswriters Association Award for radio reporting.

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