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Christian and Classical Resources
Home | Distinctives | Christian/Classical Resources
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The following links are to articles, papers, and audio that speak about, and expound on, Christian Classical education. |
- Education, Wisdom, and Eloquence from Mars Hill Audio (12MB file). An interview with Robert Littlejohn, co-author of the book Wisdom and Eloquence: A Christian Paradigm for Classical Learning, on how education should encourage wisdom and eloquence in students, and why these are Christian virtues. (Posted with permission from Mars Hill Audio)
- Vile and Vulgar by Joel Belz (from June 17, 2006; by permission of World Magazine)
- The Necessity of the Classics by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve (click here for biographical information on him):
This 1854 review of a German introduction to Greek literature is a challenging read in both terms of its depth and scope and in terms of its occasional obscurity to the average 21st-century reader. Nevertheless, the persistent reader will find a great deal of profit from Professor Gildersleeve's observations about the necessity of the classics for moderns.
- Grammar and Aesthetics by Basil Laneau Gildersleeve. In this article, Gildersleeve clearly states his objective: "to vindicate minute grammatical study with a view to æsthetic result." Not only does he do great justice to his aims in this paper, but he also gives us an example of excellent writing. This is a very useful essay for teachers of literature, aesthetics, or language.
- Letter to Governor Manning [on public education in South Carolina], by James Henley Thornwell, published in 1854. Dr. Thornwell, who at the time of writing this letter was president of South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina), offers his observations on all levels of public education in antebellum S.C. Readers will find much with which to agree, and quite possibly much with which to disagree. Nevertheless, Dr. Thornwell is at his best when articulating issues of pedagogy and educational philosophy, and all discerning readers will be challenged by and profit from Dr. Thornwell's treatise.
- The Austrian School [of Economics] in the Liberal Arts by is Jeffrey Herbener (click here for a brief bio of the author)
- The Importance of Music in the Classical Christian Curriculum by Laura Yount
- The Seven Liberal Arts by C. S. Lewis
- The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy L. Sayers
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