Better a Broken Neck than a Stiff Neck
This passage from the first book of John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, tells of the imagined experience of that place of eternal damnation and the absolute refusal of Satan even in this condition to bend his will to God’s. It encourages me always be on guard for the stiffening of the neck that the prophets decried so heartily. At once as far as Angel’s ken he views The dismal Situation waste and wild, A Dungeon horrible, on all...
C. S. Lewis on Curricula
In this quote Lewis clearly shows the importance of every educational decision, especially those concerning curricula. When writing a text book ethics, theology, and politics inevitably become wrapped up in the instruction. “Their words are that we ‘appear to be saying something very important’ when in reality we are ‘only saying something about our own feelings.’ No schoolboy will be able to resist the suggestion brought to bear upon...
Book Review: A House for My Name
In a period when theologians are attempting to read anything and everything into the Old Testament, Peter J. Leithart is reading only one thing: Christ. An ordained Presbyterian minister (PCA) and Fellow of Theology and Literature at New St. Andrews College, Leithart has written prolifically on many subjects. Primarily his works center on the interaction between Christianity and literature, though he has also written devotional...
The Abolition of Man: Education, Cultural Criticism, and Christian Thought
Few authors have had as great an influence on Christian thought over the past century as C. S. Lewis. A convert to Christianity from a firm and convinced atheism, Lewis was one of the few exemplary writers who stood alone during the first half of the twentieth-century against the cresting tide of modernism and the deathly undertow of post-modernity. He taught English Literature at Oxford University, and chaired the Medieval and...
Assuming Nothing by Assuming Everything: The Metaphysics of Education
Both of my parents were educators. My mother taught elementary school until I was born, and my father taught secondary mathematics for a few years more. In addition to homeschooling me and my four younger siblings, they also sold Saxon math books. So, I grew up in a home where educational concerns were discussed on a regular basis. Now, I am starting my own family. With the birth of our first son earlier this year, my wife and I are...
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