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The Death of Reading
Long spells between posts here, I know. I’ve been out of the country twice and gone through the birth of Child #7 since the beginning of May, along with managing several summer courses, so things have been hectic. But I … Continue reading
No Christian Civilization Without Books
This week I read an article by a Bulgarian missionary in a small-circulation magazine that gave me a renewed appreciation for the Christian classics and the culture of reading. According to the article, this missionary and his team have devoted … Continue reading
How to Read a Book, Part IV
When one person says, “I love cheese,” and another says, “I love football,” and a third says, “I love mankind,” are they all three using the word in any sense that is common? With this question, Mortimer Adler and Charles … Continue reading
How to Read a Book, Part III
[Click here for Part I and Part II.] If you have ever felt lost whenever you approached a particular genre of writing, Part III of How to Read a Book may help you tremendously. In this section, Adler and Van … Continue reading
How to Read a Book, Part II
[This is the second in a series of posts on Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren’s classic work How to Read a Book. For the first post in the series, click here.] The second section of How to Read a … Continue reading
How to Read a Book, Part I
The Western tradition holds countless riches to be explored: poems, paintings, symphonies, novels, and much more. Unfortunately, this cultural legacy remains largely inaccessible to many Westerners today for the simple reason that they have not learned how to read actively. … Continue reading
Reading and Teaching the Great Books: Opportunities and Challenges
Having taught the classic texts of Western civilization at the college level for a number of years now, I can testify that the psychological obstacles between most college students and this material are formidable. Now that most K-12 systems self-consciously … Continue reading
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