Passing the Torch

Autorentext

Louis Markos (PhD, University of Michigan) is professor of English and scholar in residence at Houston Baptist University. He is the author of many books, including The Myth Made Fact: Reading Greek and Roman Mythology through Christian Eyes; Ancient Voices: An Insider's Look at Classical Greece; From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics; Atheism on Trial: Refuting the Modern Arguments Against God; On the Shoulders of Hobbits: The Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis; and Restoring Beauty: The Good, the True, and the Beautiful in the Writings of C. S. Lewis.

Klappentext

"In this highly energetic volume, Louis Markos makes his case that education must recover its power to form persons. Drawing from both Christian and the classics of the literary and intellectual tradition of the West, Markos takes a stand in today's debates around the purpose and means of education. Education, Markos thinks, is ultimately about the formation of whole persons to be responsible citizens in our shared public life. To make this case, he brings together theologians like Augustine, philosophers like Plato and John Dewey, and novelists such as Dorothy Sayers to model the essential value of Christian classical education"--