In my previous two articles I discussed narration as a tool of learning and as embodying the classical principle of self-education. I bemoaned the departure from this principle in much of modern education. At the same time, it’s worth recognizing the value of modern research in neuroscience and cognitive psychology, especially where it is confirming […]
On the Sunday after the 2016 CiRCE National Conference, I had the great pleasure of attending a local church with some of the conference attendees. The church building of Ascension Orthodox Church in Charleston was stunning, and the interior was filled with beautiful artwork. When we walked in we immediately saw a huge scaffold erected
It’s All a Matter of Perspective: A Brief Thought on Modernity Read More »
One of the talks I will be giving in July in Charleston at the Circe National Conference is about Jonathan Swift’s critique of Modernity. His insights into the problems caused by the modern world are profound and surprisingly relevant even three hundred years later. In a very simplified nutshell: Swift saw that the modern world
A Few Thoughts about Music, Story, and the Death of Poetry inspired by Jonathan Swift Read More »
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? – Tertullian What has Ingeld to do with Christ? -Alcuin (when catching some monks reading Beowulf) What has Horace to do with the Psalter? Or Virgil with the Gospel? Or Cicero the Apostle? – Jerome The Incarnation calls us to the things of this world. So when we
