2018 Workshop Talk | 1:00:12 | All Grade Levels, Culture & Faith
Summary
Increasingly, we are told that education is a fundamental right of an American citizen and that, therefore, it is immoral if we do not provide this opportunity to the citizens of America free of charge. There are a host of problems with this notion. But the most disturbing of all the possible concerns one might raise is the way the word “free” has been radically cheapened. As Americans, we long held the concept of “freedom” in the highest regard. And education itself has always been a key piece to our understanding of what real freedom looked like. In this session we will consider what a truly “free” education looks like and how it is that the classical Christian model truly provides an education that is “free” in the most profound sense.
Speaker
Ben Merkle is fellow of theology at New Saint Andrews College and the College’s second president. He holds a DPhil in Oriental studies and an MSt in Jewish studies from Oxford University, England, as well as a master’s degree in English literature, and a BS in education (secondary education-chemistry, with a minor in history) both from the University of Idaho. He also served as executive minister of Christ Church in Moscow. He is the author of The White Horse King (Thomas Nelson, 2009), a biography of Alfred the Great, as well as Defending the Trinity in the Reformed Palatinate (Oxford University Press, 2015). He and wife, Bekah, have five children, all students at Logos School.
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