2017 Plenary Talk | 0:59:00 | All Grade Levels, Culture & Faith
Summary
Part of the success of the classical school will be in creating a culture of joy and creativity for faculty. Given limited resources and cultural isolation, this can be difficult over the long-term. There are three practical steps that can enable a school to live in a culture of joy instead of one of fear.
Speaker
John Mark Reynolds is a determined leader and builder. The Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University grew under his leadership to become, perhaps, the largest evangelical Christian great-books program in the U S. In 2012, he moved to build on an ambitious vision at Houston Baptist University as the chief academic officer. He reorganized the academic programs and created three new schools: the School of Christian Thought, the School of Fine Arts, and the School of Humanities. He is now working to add doctoral programs, including philosophy, and to elevate HBU from a level 3 to a level 5 in its accreditation. Dr Reynolds is an accomplished academic and philosopher His books include Three Views on Creation and Evolution with J P Moreland, Against All Gods: WhatÍs Right and Wrong about the New Atheism with Phillip E Johnson, and most recently, When Athens Met Jerusalem: An Introduction to Classical and Christian Thought which argues for a reconciliation of classical reason and Christian
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The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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