The Case for Classical Christian Education

The Case for Classical Christian Education

by Douglas Wilson
The Case for Classical Christian Education

The Case for Classical Christian Education

by Douglas Wilson

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Overview

Published almost twenty years ago, Douglas Wilson's Case for Classical Christian Education is a call for parents and educators to do more than just teach kids how to read or to do math and science. Instead, parents and teachers need to educate children's minds, hearts, and imaginations.

Both homeschooling parents and Christians seeking to build schools will find a lot of guidance from this book. Wilson explains the benefits of an education that is both distinctively classical and distinctively Christian, and explains what such an education might look like. He also draws on years of educating and pastoring to talk about how parents and teachers can manage schools well and train their children's hearts.

Education is not just preparing kids for the job market, but should be about instilling discipline, character, and love for God and the world He has made.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781954887114
Publisher: Canon Press
Publication date: 01/25/2022
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 308
Sales rank: 426,504
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Douglas Wilson (MA, University of Idaho) is a pastor, a popular speaker, and the author of numerous books. He helped to found Logos School in Moscow, Idaho, and is currently a senior fellow of theology at New St. Andrews College. He blogs regularly at DougWils.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments9
Preface11
Another Brick in the Wall
1A Mess That Just Won't Quit15
2The Rise and Fall of Secular Education in America31
3Healing the Wound Lightly37
4The Nature of Man45
5The Case Against Government Schools53
6The Centrality of Worship63
7What Is Education?67
8Democracy and Egalitarianism73
Ten Years After
9What Is Classical Education?81
10Logos School, ACCS, and New St. Andrews87
Antithesis
11The Christian Heart and Mind95
12The PEERS Problem101
13The Paideia of God107
The Classical Christian Answer
14The Seven Liberal Arts117
15The Trivium131
16A Case for Latin139
17What Classical Is Not145
18Educating the Imagination153
19Classical Athletics163
Life in the Christian School
20Personal Holiness171
21Boardsmanship179
22School Clothes185
23The Seven Laws of Teaching191
24Alternatives to School195
25The Threat of State Entanglement201
A Proposed Curriculum
26Turning It Around: A Thought Experiment207
27Canonical Books213
The Dawn of Everlasting Results
28And Unto Children's Children223
29A Pedagogic Creed229
30A Call for Teachers233
Notes237
Index249
Scripture Index254
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