Becoming Classically Educated

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.

The fourteen essays move from the aim of education, through the liberal arts and the great conversation, to art, science, justice and history, where “the classically educated person must eventually bring their ordered judgment to the disorders of the age.” Postma suggests reading them in order, and in company if possible: a book club, teacher training or another group study. The bibliography makes a reading list of its own.