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From Western Traditions to Political Indoctrination: A Cultural History of Education

August 26, 2022
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Commentary Parts 1 and 2 of this series can be read here and here. Over the 19th century, Enlightenment rationalism gradually diminished the influence of the Christian worldview. Separation of church and state led naturally to the development of public schools and the disconnection of education from traditional religious influence. This was especially the case in…

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Did Universities Forego Nourishment of the Soul for Money?

April 10, 2022
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Commentary On the evening of April 14, 1912, Marion Wright of Somerset, England, who was on her way to get married, sang the final hymn in a religious service conducted aboard a steamship headed for New York. It was drawn from John Henry Newman’s poem, “The Pillar of the Cloud.” Lead, Kindly Light, amid the…

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