2012 Workshop Talk | 1:14:52 | All Grade Levels, Culture & Faith, Virtue, Character, Discipline
Summary
Classical education is by nature “enculturation,” initiating students into a distinct way of being human in the world.
Yet, this cultural emphasis in our schools can be the most misunderstood aspect of classical education. School uniforms and conduct codes are all too often seen in solely negative terms, preventing or discouraging certain behaviors, and are thus interpreted as “legalistic” by student and parent alike. This misunderstanding begs the question: Are we able to articulate and practice the distinctives of an embodied Trinitarian culture? This workshop will explore the cultural uniqueness of the Christian faith, and how we as teachers can give our students and parents the frames of reference to not only discern the cultural implications of their actions both in and outside the classrooms, but to love and embrace a distinctly Christian way of being human.
Speaker
Stephen Richard Turley (PhD, Durham University) is a theologian, social theorist, classical Christian educator, and prize-winning classical guitarist. He is the author of The Ritualised Revelation of the Messianic Age: Washings and Meals in Galatians and 1 Corinthians, and Awakening Wonder: A Classical Guide to Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. Steve blogs on the church, society and culture, education, and the arts at TurleyTalks. com. He is a faculty member at Tall Oaks Classical School in New Castle, DE, where he teaches theology, Greek, and rhetoric, and is a professor of fine arts at Eastern University. Steve lectures at universities, conferences, and churches throughout the U.S. and abroad. His research and writings have appeared in such journals as Christianity and Literature, Calvin Theological Journal, First Things, Touchstone, and the Chesterton Review. He and his wife, Akiko, have four children and live in Newark, DE, where they together enjoy fishing, gardening, and watching Duck Dynasty marathons.
Additional Materials
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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