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Becoming Classically Educated

Humane Letters on Education, Culture, and the Great Conversation, by Dr. Scott Postma

Becoming Classically Educated: Humane Letters on Education, Culture, and the Great Conversation

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We are in the midst of an educational Renaissance.
Classical Christian education is no longer just a little movement; it is a rising tide lifting thousands of families with it. These essays are one educator’s attempt to find the language for what he experienced when he first emerged from the cave of images into the sunlight of humane learning. Simultaneously, they are his reasonable service of returning down into the cave. For those whose eyes are still adjusting to the light of classical education, this collection of essays offers a humane guide for the journey toward the True, the Good, and the Beautiful.

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Bio

Scott Postma, PhD, is a Christian humanist and classical educator with more than thirty years of experience in Christian education and pastoral ministry. He serves as President of Kepler Education and Editor of The Consortium: A Journal of Classical Christian Education. He is the founder of Epistolae Press and the author of several works at the intersection of classical learning, Christian humanism, and the liberal arts. He lives in North Idaho with his wife of more than 35 years.

Contents
Introduction: The Journey Toward Humane Learningvii
Part I
The Aim of Education
What is a Classical Christian Education?1
Identity & Classical Christian Education11
Toward a More Certain Knowledge of the Truth17
In Pursuit of the Good & the Good Life23
Toward a Recovery of Beauty53
Part II
The Liberating Arts & the Life of the Mind
In Defense of a Liberal Arts Education63
Cosmos or Chaos: Words Create Worlds93
The Habit of Reading & the Ancient Art of Tsundoku107
Which Books Are the Great Books & Why Are They Great?121
Reading the Aeneid as the Quintessential Classics125
Part III
The Liberating Arts & the Life of the Mind
In Pursuit of a Conceptual Basis for Art & Beauty131
Saving Science with a Classical Christian Education161
The Pursuit of Justice in a World Where Might Makes Right175
On History: A Humane Approach to Thinking & Writing About the Past187
Bibliography217

Title: Becoming Classically Education: Humane Letters on Education, Culture, and the Great Conversation
Author: Scott Postma (PhD)
Publisher: Roman Roads Press, 2026
Format: 5.5 x 8.5, perfect bound
Pages: 304
ISBN: 978-1-963505-30-6

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