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In his masterful work The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis observed how modern education was changing our conception of what it means to be human. By cutting off students from the transcendent values of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty, modern schools ceased cultivating virtue in students and instead communicated a mechanistic vision of the world that viewed students as products to be engineered. Lewis believed that in seeking to control nature, modern “conditioners” would also seek to control humans and remake them according to the preference of the conditioners, since any appeal to Truth, Goodness, or Beauty had been rejected. Lewis argued that we must recover these transcendent values in order to prevent the dehumanizing tendency in modern education and renew the cultivation of virtue in our students.
With Awakening Wonder, Steve Turley demonstrates that precisely such a recovery is at the heart of the current classical education renewal. Once again, Truth, Goodness, and Beauty are celebrated as those objective values that are essential for cultivating students as flourishing human beings. In these pages, you will discover the history and development of these transcendent values and how they redeem our senses and sanctify our imaginations. Teachers will also learn how to incorporate these values into their teaching to awaken awe and wonder in both themselves and their students.
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ISBN: 9781600512650
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 5.5in x 8.5in
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Steve Turley PhD, Author
Steve Turley (PhD, Durham University) is an internationally recognized scholar, speaker, blogger, and prize-winning classical guitarist. He is the author of over ten books, including Awakening Wonder: A Classical Guide to Truth, Goodness & Beauty (Classical Academic Press), Echoes of Eternity: A Classical Guide to Music (Classical Academic Press), and The Ritualized Revelation of the Messianic Age: Washings and Meals in Galatians and 1 Corinthians (T&T Clark). 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 Newark, Delaware, where he teaches theology, Greek, and rhetoric, and 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, and he is a regular contributor to The Imaginative Conservative and The Christian Post. Steve and his wife, Akiko, have four children and live in Newark, Delaware, where they enjoy fishing, gardening, and watching Duck Dynasty marathons. For more information on Steve, his books, videos, podcasts, and e-learning courses, please visit www.TurleyTalks.com.
