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Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

Book Memed.

Friend and fellow blogger Brant DeBow has tagged me in a meme about books that I have decided to take up. I won’t pass it along, but I thought some of you may be interested. Oh, and since the Bible […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

Revisiting the Canon Wars: Questions for Mere-O Readers

Rachel Donaio has recently reviewed the state of the canon wars in light of the twentieth anniversary of Allan Bloom’s explosive Closing of the American Mind.  It is, it seems, a balanced piece that raises numerous interesting questions. I have […]

Keith E. BuhlerEducation

Donald - a Dialogue on Moral Actions

Dramatis Personae Donald - a lead guitarist for a successful rock band Nat - an inquisitive college student --- Have I improved? Be frank with me, Don. I might say you've

Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

The Eros of Souls: Navigating the Professor-Teacher Relationship

In the recent surprise hit Little Miss Sunshine, Steve Carrel plays a homosexual Proust scholar who has fallen in love with a graduate student, only to have it end badly.

Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

From Dictate to Discussion: New Tactics in the Culture Wars

Next week, I’ll be spending time at Wheatstone Academy engaging students in discussion. We pitch the program as a “Christian worldview development” program, but that is even overstepping it–mostly, we just talk. The emergence of Wheatstone Academy, and other programs […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsEducationSociology

Full Video of MLK's "I Have a Dream"

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. do yourself and your countrymen a favor by watching the video of what many consider the second greatest speech in American history.

Matthew Lee AndersonEducationTheology and Practice

Tough Words to "Average" Christians from a Brilliant Lady

In a recent post by Dr. Fred Sanders at Middlebrow, he examines Dorothy Sayers' project to get the Christian message out. She sure didn't spare words for

Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

Those Crazy Thinkers in the Past Thought We Should Teach Our Children How to Use Language

John Mark Reynolds, keynote speaker at GodBlogCon, brings to our attention a study that shows the profound lack of literacy American high school graduates possess. Apparently 50% of students who

Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

Looking for a Great Latin Curriculum?

I'm almost through the first book of Hans Orberg's groundbreaking Latin curriculum, Lingua Latina. The program consists of two primary text books, two supplementary (but essential!

Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

Harvard Educational Reform

Harvard is rethinking their core curriculum for undergraduates. From the article: On Wednesday, the university released a new plan for undergraduate education that would designate certain subjects as ones that

Matthew Lee AndersonEducationBible

Fools Becoming Wise

I Corinthians 3:18-19 “If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom

Matthew Lee AndersonEducationEvangelicalism

Trouble in Georgetown

This is an intriguing piece of news. Georgetown University, a fine Jesuit school, has allegedly banned evangelical protestant groups from operating. The best part of the official letter: “While we realize this comes as a great disappointment, please know that […]