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The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What It Means to Be an Educated Human Being

The Great Tradition: Classic Readings on What It Means to Be an Educated Human Being

Author: Richard Gamble
Genres: Education, Non-Fiction, Philosophical
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Frustrated with the continuing educational crisis of our time, concerned parents, teachers, and students sense that true reform requires more than innovative classroom technology, standardized tests, or skills training. An older tradition—the Great Tradition—of education in the West is waiting to be heard. Since antiquity, the Great Tradition has defined education first and foremost as the hard work of rightly ordering the human soul, helping it to love what it ought to love, and helping it to know itself and its maker. In the classical and Christian tradition, the formation of the soul in wisdom, virtue, and eloquence took precedence over all else, including instrumental training aimed at the inculcation of "useful" knowledge.

Edited by historian Richard Gamble, this anthology reconstructs a centuries-long conversation about the goals, conditions, and ultimate value of true education. Spanning more than two millennia, from the ancient Greeks to contemporary writers, it includes substantial excerpts from more than sixty seminal writings on education. Represented here are the wisdom and insight of such figures as Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Seneca, Cicero, Basil, Augustine, Hugh of St. Victor, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Erasmus, Edmund Burke, John Henry Newman, Thomas Arnold, Albert Jay Nock, Dorothy Sayers, C. S. Lewis, and Eric Voegelin.

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Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education

Norms and Nobility: A Treatise on Education

Author: David V. Hicks
Genres: Education, Non-Fiction, Philosophical, Schole
Tags: #10, #10 Topical Discussion, #100, #100 Topical Discussion, #103, #103 Topical Discussion, #111, #111 Topical Discussion, #112, #112 Topical Discussion, #113, #113 Topical Discussion, #121, #121 Topical Discussion, #13, #13 Scholé Every Day, #136, #136 Topical Discussion, #19, #19 Scholé Every Day, #27, #27 Topical Discussion, #29, #29 Topical Discussion, #32, #32 Topical Discussion, #33, #33 Scholé Every Day, #36, #36 Scholé Every Day, #42, #42 Topical Discussion, #47, #47 Topical Discussion, #48, #48 Topical Discussion, #50, #50 Topical Discussion, #54, #54 Topical Discussion, #58, #58 Scholé Every Day, #59, #59 Topical Discussion, #63, #63 Topical Discussion, #66, #66 Topical Discussion, #69, #69 Topical Discussion, #70, #70 Topical Discussion, #73, #73 Topical Discussion, #91, #91 Topical Discussion, Brandy Vencel, Karen Glass, Mystie Winckler, Recommended Books

A reissue of a classic text, Norms and Nobility is a provocative reappraisal of classical education that offers a workable program for contemporary school reform. David Hicks contends that the classical tradition promotes a spirit of inquiry that is concerned with the development of style and conscience, which makes it an effective and meaningful form of education. Dismissing notions that classical education is elitist and irrelevant, Hicks argues that the classical tradition can meet the needs of our increasingly technological society as well as serve as a feasible model for mass education.

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Poetic Knowledge

Poetic Knowledge

Author: James S. Taylor
Genres: Education, Philosophical, Schole
Tags: #20, #20 Topical Discussion, #33, #33 Scholé Every Day, #42, #42 Topical Discussion, #63, #63 Topical Discussion, #66, #66 Topical Discussion, #68, #68 Topical Discussion, #69, #69 Scholé Every Day, #73, #73 Topical Discussion, Brandy Vencel, Karen Glass

Reveals the neglected mode of knowing and learning, from Socrates to the middle ages and beyond, that relies more on the integrated powers of sensory experience and intuition, rather than on modern narrow scientific models of education.

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Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation (Cultural Liturgies)

Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation (Cultural Liturgies)

Author: James K. A. Smith
Genres: Christian, Contemporary, Education
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Malls, stadiums, and universities are actually liturgical structures that influence and shape our thoughts and affections. Humans-as Augustine noted-are "desiring agents," full of longings and passions; in brief, we are what we love. James K. A. Smith focuses on the themes of liturgy and desire in Desiring the Kingdom, the first book in what will be a three-volume set on the theology of culture. He redirects our yearnings to focus on the greatest good: God. Ultimately, Smith seeks to re-vision education through the process and practice of worship. Students of philosophy, theology, worldview, and culture will welcome Desiring the Kingdom, as will those involved in ministry and other interested readers.

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You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

Author: James K. A. Smith
Tags: #16, #16 Topical Discussion, #26, #26 Topical Discussion, #42, #42 Topical Discussion, #9, #9 Scholé Every Day, Mystie Winckler

A popular speaker and award-winning author helps readers recognize the formative power of culture and the transformative possibilities of Christian practices.

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Out of the Silent Planet

Out of the Silent Planet

Author: C. S. Lewis
Tags: #42, #42 Topical Discussion, #67, #67 Scholé Every Day, Abby Wahl
The first book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which continues with Perelandra and That Hideous Strength, Out of the Silent Planet begins the adventures of the remarkable Dr. Ransom. Here, that estimable man is abducted by a megalomaniacal physicist and his accomplice and taken via spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra. The two men are in need of a human sacrifice, and Dr. Ransom would seem to fit the bill. Once on the planet, however, Ransom eludes his captors, risking his life and his chances of returning to Earth, becoming a stranger in a land that is enchanting in its difference from Earth and instructive in its similarity. First published in 1943, Out of the Silent Planet remains a mysterious and suspenseful tour de force.
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