Engines Of Liberty: Covenanted Self-Government
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Given the state of American education today, it is increasingly necessary to restate the obvious: that a civilization is only as strong as the ground it stands upon. Its foundations must be tested and renewed continuously. Cornel West, a Harvard public philosopher, and Jeremy Tate recently criticized the removal of classics – the Western canon – from the curriculum as “a sign that we, as a culture, have embraced from the youngest age utilitarian education at the expense of soul-forming education.” To end this “spiritual catastrophe” they call for a challenging curriculum that, while grounded in tradition, lifts every voice.