The Academic Advantages of the Bible
by William JeynesAmerica’s schools cannot claim that their graduates are well educated unless they have knowledge of the Bible. Continue Reading »
The Godless Nursery School
by Charlotte AllenHell hath no fury like secular parents who learn that the local church-run nursery school plans to start teaching about Jesus. Continue Reading »
The Decline and Fall of Catholic Schools
by Mark BauerleinPeter Meyer discusses the history of Catholic education in the United States from its heyday in the 1960s to its virtual dissolution in the twenty-first century. Continue Reading »
An Integrated Humanist
by Russell HittingerJohn Senior and the Restoration of Realismby francis bethel, o.s.b.thomas more, 452 pages, $34.99 H igher education has survived the end of the American century, if just barely. American colleges and universities are like a naval mothball fleet that’s still afloat but not seaworthy. Some schools . . . . Continue Reading »
The Myth of Scientific Objectivity
by William A. WilsonMy friends who work in scientific fields were aghast when they saw that the organizers of a planned “March for Science” had tweeted that “colonization, racism, immigration, native rights, sexism, ableism, queer-, trans-, intersex-phobia, & econ justice are scientific issues [black power . . . . Continue Reading »
Our Ancient Debt to Alcuin
by John DugganWe ignore the educational visionaries of the so-called Dark Ages—Charlemagne, Alcuin, Alfred the Great—at our peril. Continue Reading »
Remembering Peter Berger
by James NuechterleinPeter Berger, who died on June 27 at age eighty-eight, ranked among the most distinguished sociological thinkers and public intellectuals of the past half century. His contributions to his discipline were impressively varied: the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of religion, sociological . . . . Continue Reading »
Reading is Believing
by Mark BauerleinI’ve been tracking youth reading habits and test scores for a long time, but I’ve never asked this question: What becomes of a faith that places a book at the center of worship if the rising generation doesn’t read? I don’t mean illiteracy. The problem is what reading researchers . . . . Continue Reading »
9.5 Theses
by Gilbert MeilaenderIn this 500th anniversary year of the Reformation, there are countless angles from which to think about that event and its continuing significance. By no means the least important is the fact that Luther’s Reformation in particular was in many respects a university-based movement. And still in our . . . . Continue Reading »
Ban the Laptops, Yes
by Mark BauerleinThe empirical evidence against computers in the classroom is mounting. Continue Reading »
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