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The Liberating Arts

Why We Need Liberal Arts Education

by Emily Auerbach, Nathan Beacom, John Mark Reynolds, Erin Shaw, Anne Snyder, Noah Toly ...

A new generation of teachers envisions a liberal arts education that is good for everyone.Why would anyone study the liberal arts? It’s no secret that the liberal arts have fallen out of favor and are struggling to prove their relevance. The cost of college pushes students to majors and degrees with more obvious career outcomes.A new cohort of educators isn’t taking this lying down. They realize ... Read more

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A new generation of teachers envisions a liberal arts education that is good for everyone.Why would anyone study the liberal arts? It’s no secret that the liberal arts have fallen out of favor and are struggling to prove their relevance. The cost of college pushes students to majors and degrees with more obvious career outcomes.A new cohort of educators isn’t taking this lying down. They realize
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Wendell Berry and Higher Education

Cultivating Virtues of Place

by Jack R. Baker, Jeffrey Bilbro ...

Series series Culture of the Land
Why the university should focus on community: "An enlightening interpretation of Wendell Berry's philosophy for the pursuit of a holistic higher education." — Publishers WeeklyProminent author and cultural critic Wendell Berry is well known for his contributions to agrarianism and environmentalism, but his commentary on education has received comparatively little attention. Yet Berry has been ... Read more

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Why the university should focus on community: "An enlightening interpretation of Wendell Berry's philosophy for the pursuit of a holistic higher education." — Publishers WeeklyProminent author and cultural critic Wendell Berry is well known for his contributions to agrarianism and environmentalism, but his commentary on education has received comparatively little attention. Yet Berry has been
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Telling the Stories Right

Wendell Berry’s Imagination of Port William

Edited by Jeffrey Bilbro, Jack Baker ...

Wendell Berry thinks of himself as a storyteller. It's somewhat ironic then that he is better known as an essayist, a poet, and an advocate for small farmers. The essays in this collection consider the many facets of Berry's life and work, but they focus on his efforts as a novelist and story writer. Indeed, Berry had already published three novels before his seminal work of cultural criticism, ... Read more

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Wendell Berry thinks of himself as a storyteller. It's somewhat ironic then that he is better known as an essayist, a poet, and an advocate for small farmers. The essays in this collection consider the many facets of Berry's life and work, but they focus on his efforts as a novelist and story writer. Indeed, Berry had already published three novels before his seminal work of cultural criticism,
... Read more
The Saint John’s Bible and Its Tradition

Illuminating Beauty in the Twenty-First Century

Edited by Jeffrey Bilbro, Jack Baker, Daniel Train ...

In an age of e-books and screens, it may seem antiquated to create a handwritten, illuminated Bible. The Benedictine monks at Saint John's Abbey and University, however, determined to produce such a Bible for the twenty-first century, a Bible that would use traditional methods and materials while engaging contemporary questions and concerns. In an age that largely overlooks the physical form of ... Read more

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In an age of e-books and screens, it may seem antiquated to create a handwritten, illuminated Bible. The Benedictine monks at Saint John's Abbey and University, however, determined to produce such a Bible for the twenty-first century, a Bible that would use traditional methods and materials while engaging contemporary questions and concerns. In an age that largely overlooks the physical form of
... Read more
Words for Conviviality

Media Technologies and Practices of Hope

by Jeffrey Bilbro ...

The industrialization of print technologies in early nineteenth-century America transformed print culture in ways that parallel the transformation wrought by the digital revolution. Understanding how a previous era was shaped by the assumptions print technology engendered may enable us to recognize more clearly how our verbal habits and practices are formed and deformed by our enmeshment in ... Read more

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The industrialization of print technologies in early nineteenth-century America transformed print culture in ways that parallel the transformation wrought by the digital revolution. Understanding how a previous era was shaped by the assumptions print technology engendered may enable us to recognize more clearly how our verbal habits and practices are formed and deformed by our enmeshment in
... Read more
Loving God's Wildness

The Christian Roots of Ecological Ethics in American Literature

by Jeffrey Bilbro ...

When the Puritans arrived in the New World to carry out the colonization they saw as divinely mandated, they were confronted by the American wilderness. Part of their theology led them to view the natural environment as “a temple of God” in which they should glorify and serve its creator. The larger prevailing theological view, however, saw this vast continent as “the Devil’s Territories” needing ... Read more

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When the Puritans arrived in the New World to carry out the colonization they saw as divinely mandated, they were confronted by the American wilderness. Part of their theology led them to view the natural environment as “a temple of God” in which they should glorify and serve its creator. The larger prevailing theological view, however, saw this vast continent as “the Devil’s Territories” needing
... Read more
Writing the Environment in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

The Ecological Awareness of Early Scribes of Nature

by Benjamin Darrell Crawford, Christopher Sloman, Stephanie Peebles Tavera, Carrie Duke, Li-Ru Lu, Jeffrey Bilbro, Scott Honeycutt, Christoph Irmscher, Cecily Parks ...

Series series Ecocritical Theory and Practice
The nineteenth-century roots of environmental writing in American literature are often mentioned in passing and sometimes studied piece by piece. Writing the Environment in Nineteenth-Century American Literature: The Ecological Awareness of Early Scribes of Nature brings together numerous explorations of environmentally-aware writing across the genres of nineteenth-century literature. Like ... Read more

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The nineteenth-century roots of environmental writing in American literature are often mentioned in passing and sometimes studied piece by piece. Writing the Environment in Nineteenth-Century American Literature: The Ecological Awareness of Early Scribes of Nature brings together numerous explorations of environmentally-aware writing across the genres of nineteenth-century literature. Like
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Virtues of Renewal

Wendell Berry’s Sustainable Forms

by Jeffrey Bilbro ...

Series series Culture of the Land
For over fifty years, Wendell Berry has argued that our most pressing ecological and cultural need is a renewed formal intelligence—a mode of thinking and acting that fosters the health of the earth and its beings. Yet the present industrial economy prioritizes a technical, self-centered way of relating to the world that often demands and rewards busyness over thoughtful observation, independence ... Read more

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For over fifty years, Wendell Berry has argued that our most pressing ecological and cultural need is a renewed formal intelligence—a mode of thinking and acting that fosters the health of the earth and its beings. Yet the present industrial economy prioritizes a technical, self-centered way of relating to the world that often demands and rewards busyness over thoughtful observation, independence
... Read more
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Reading the Times

A Literary and Theological Inquiry into the News

by Jeffrey Bilbro ...

Narrated by Jeffrey Bilbro ...

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"Reading the morning newspaper is the realist's morning prayer."—G. W. F. HegelWhenever we reach for our phones or scan a newspaper to get "caught up," we are being not merely informed but also formed. News consumption can shape our sense of belonging, how we judge the value of our lives, and even how our brains function. Christians mustn't let the news replace prayer as Hegel envisioned, but ... Read more

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"Reading the morning newspaper is the realist's morning prayer."—G. W. F. HegelWhenever we reach for our phones or scan a newspaper to get "caught up," we are being not merely informed but also formed. News consumption can shape our sense of belonging, how we judge the value of our lives, and even how our brains function. Christians mustn't let the news replace prayer as Hegel envisioned, but
... Read more

Soultsunami

Sink or Swim in New Millennium Culture

by Leonard Sweet ...

Road rage, animal rights, cyberporn, crystal healing, doctor-assisted suicide — everywhere we look, the signs all tell us we’re living in a post-Christian culture. Or are we? Leonard Sweet -- cultural historian, preacher, futurist, creatologist, and preeminent thinker -- firmly believes we live today in a pre-Christian society, fraught with challenges, dangers, critical choices, and above all, ... Read more

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Road rage, animal rights, cyberporn, crystal healing, doctor-assisted suicide — everywhere we look, the signs all tell us we’re living in a post-Christian culture. Or are we? Leonard Sweet -- cultural historian, preacher, futurist, creatologist, and preeminent thinker -- firmly believes we live today in a pre-Christian society, fraught with challenges, dangers, critical choices, and above all,
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Liberal Arts for the Christian Life

by Michael Wilder, Sharon Coolidge, Leland Ryken, John H. Augustine, Wayne Martindale, Lisa Richmond, Read Mercer Schuchardt, Roger Lundin, Alan Jacobs, Tamara Townsend, Kenneth R. Chase, E. John Walford, Henry Allen, Mark Lewis, Stephen B. Ivester, Peter Walters, Jill Peláez Baumgaertner, Dorothy F. Chappell, Duane Litfin, Jay Wood, Jeffrey P. Greenman, Edith Blumhofer, Marjorie Lamp Mead, James C. Wilhoit ...

For over forty years, Leland Ryken has championed and modeled a Christian liberal arts education. His scholarship and commitment to integrating faith with learning in the classroom have influenced thousands of students who have sat under his winsome teaching. Published in honor of Professor Ryken and presented on the occasion of his retirement from Wheaton College, this compilation carries on his ... Read more

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For over forty years, Leland Ryken has championed and modeled a Christian liberal arts education. His scholarship and commitment to integrating faith with learning in the classroom have influenced thousands of students who have sat under his winsome teaching. Published in honor of Professor Ryken and presented on the occasion of his retirement from Wheaton College, this compilation carries on his
... Read more
Action Versus Contemplation

Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters

by Jennifer Summit, Blakey Vermeule ...

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone," Blaise Pascal wrote in 1654. But then there's Walt Whitman, in 1856: "Whoever you are, come forth! Or man or woman come forth! / You must not stay sleeping and dallying there in the house."It is truly an ancient debate: Is it better to be active or contemplative? To do or to think? To make an impact, or to ... Read more

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"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone," Blaise Pascal wrote in 1654. But then there's Walt Whitman, in 1856: "Whoever you are, come forth! Or man or woman come forth! / You must not stay sleeping and dallying there in the house."It is truly an ancient debate: Is it better to be active or contemplative? To do or to think? To make an impact, or to
... Read more

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