Jenn Frey discusses the value of a liberal arts education. What’s the purpose of this kind of study? For what does it liberate you, and who ought to be engaged in it?
She and the hosts talk about the Canon Wars and the debates about what is to be included in the list of texts to be studied, and reflect on the proper skills and methods of having conversations about these works.
Then, they discuss the recent controversy about Christopher Rufo’s appointment to the board of a small liberal arts college in Florida. What is lost when liberal arts education is politicized?
Finally, they discuss Jenn’s new job: she’s the inaugural dean of a new “Great books” focused honors college at the University of Tulsa.
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82: Regenerative Agriculture in the Lake District
The PloughRead: Why I Hunt by Tim Maendel
The PloughRead: Breakwater by Rhys Laverty
The PloughRead: Lambing Season by Norann Voll
The PloughRead: The Sadness of the Creatures by Peter Mommsen
The PloughRead: Are You a Tree? by Joy Clarkson
The PloughRead: Meeting the Wolf by Greta Gaffin
The PloughRead: The Leper of Abercuawg by David McBride
81: Can Metaphors Help Us Live Well?
The PloughRead: The Plants Can Talk by William Thomas Okie
The PloughRead: Saving the Soil, Saving the Farm by Colin Boller
The PloughRead: Dandelions: An Apology by Clare Coffey
80: The Technology of Middle-Earth
The PloughRead: Saskatchewan, Promised Land by Daniel J. D. Stulac
The PloughRead: The Wonder of Moths by Caroline Moore
79: According to the Scriptures – Resurrection in the Old Testament
The PloughRead: Christian Fellowship Isn’t Just Being Nice by Clarence Jordan
78: Worshiping Nature
The PloughRead: Three Pillars of Education by Heinrich Arnold
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