The Path to the Academy

Mar 20 2025 60 ep. 62

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A series of interviews with Orthodox educators and youth workers on what education is and why we need to spend time thinking about it.

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The Podcast Without End

Having weathered the Holidays, flu and chest colds, the start of another academic term, and scheduling hurly-burly, our intrepid Professors are back at, this time in an episode that had no fixed agenda (and thus not purpose or end). For Dr. Jenkins Byzantine course see here: https://tinyurl.com/LuxchristiByzantium And Dr. Moritz's article on AI here (https://tinyurl.com/JMoritzAI)

Science, Theology, and Kids Who Want Both

This episode our intrepid professors review what aspects of the recent Orthodoxy and Education Conference, touching on how Christians dominated the field of science, what theology looks like in an Orthodox school, along with an aside on the "Disney" disease.

Of the Making of Books (and conferences) There Is No End

This episode Dr. Jenkins and Dr. Moritz, address a listener's question, and discuss as well the recent Orthodoxy and Education Conference.

Orthodoxy and Education Conference - Dr. Cyril Jenkins: "Improving our Church School Curriculums"

Dr. Jenkins drawing from his 40+ years as an educator, discusses ways to improve education at the parish level, from Sunday School to Catechism, employing methods available to any educator.

Orthodoxy and Education Conference - Dr. Cyril Jenkins: "The Faustian University"

Dr. Jenkins, author, host of Path to the Academy and Light through the Past podcasts, explores the corruption of the Universities, how they have not only left their foundations as Christian institutions, but actually worked to undermine their first principles, how this change has wrought devastation to Orthodox youth heading off to college, and what can be done to address the probl

Orthodoxy and Education Conference - Mrs. Madeleine Hewitt: "Mappy the Memory in the Formation of the Soul."

Mrs. Hewitt, the Assistant Head of School at Claritas Classical Christian Academy, looks at the lost virtue of disciplining the memory as part of cultivating the soul. Taking inspiration from St. Augustin, Mrs. Hewitt shows the need isn't just for the verse here and there, but for long sections of literature and poetry.

Orthodoxy and Education Conference - Mrs. Laura E. Wolfe: "Orthodoxy and Homeschooling 2"

In her second talk, Laura E. Wolfe dives into why we must all be homeschoolers. Homeschooling is not just an 'alternative' for those opting out of our government schools, but a life that integrates the student into all aspects of the home, and not just slapping on some academic disciplines to daily chores.

Orthodoxy and Education Conference - Mrs. Laura E. Wolfe: "Orthodoxy and Homeschooling."

Mrs. Wolfe, author, inter alia, of Sasha and the Dragon, and Patterns for Life, introduces us to the incredible world of Charlotte Mason, the late 19th - early 20th educator who saw the formation of the soul, and not just the creation of factory workers, as the true goal of education. Laura explores how this world fits into Orthodox paideia, and is so suitable for homeschoolers esp

Orthodoxy and Education Conference - Dr. Joshua Moritz: "Preserving your child's Faith in College."

Dr. Joshua Moritz of Chrysostom Academy tackles the nagging rumor that science and faith are two different systems that have nothing to do with each other, pointing out that most of the great scientists of centuries past were confessing Christians, and many of them Orthodox, whose faith was integral to their work.

Orthodoxy and Education Conference - John Heitzenrater: "Orthodoxy and Orthodox Schools."

Mr. Heitzenrater, Headmaster of Chrysostom Academy, explores what exactly an Orthodox school looks like, how it will differ from other schools, and why it is not merely the same old curriculum with some prayers added.