The Path to the Academy

By Dr. Cyril Jenkins, and Ancient Faith MinistriesReligion & Spirituality Christianity

The Path to the Academy episodes

February 25, 2022 The Peregrinations of a Classical Scholar
Today Dr. Jenkins welcomes classical teacher, author, journalist, world traveler, “officer and a gentleman,” and all-around Renaissance man, Brad Hoff to The Path to the Academy. Brad is the co-author of Syria Crucified. He and Dr. Jenkins explore the commerce between the life of classical learning and the tribulations faced by Christians, and especially the Christians in Syria with whom, as you will learn, Brad is both knowledgeable about, and keenly tied to.
1 hr 33 min
February 22, 2022 The Peregrinations of a Classical Scholar
Today Dr. Jenkins welcomes classical teacher, author, journalist, world traveler, “officer and a gentleman,” and all-around Renaissance man, Brad Hoff to The Path to the Academy. Brad is the co-author of Syria Crucified. He and Dr. Jenkins explore the commerce between the life of classical learning and the tribulations faced by Christians, and especially the Christians in Syria with whom, as you will learn, Brad is both knowledgeable about, and keenly tied to.
1 hr 33 min
February 04, 2022 “Saint” Homer and the Gentiles without the Law
Dr. Jenkins welcomes Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick back to Path to the Academy, where they discuss St. Basil’s “Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature.” St. Basil gives both high and low praise to the pagans, and Fr. Andrew and Dr. Jenkins discuss the text’s relevance for today, how pagans could be virtuous, and why we should read the pagans to help us understand Holy Scripture.
2 hr 43 min
February 03, 2022 Two Professors Walk Into a Podcast
Dr. Cyril Jenkins welcomes his friend Prof. Bill Tighe to discuss his own life as a student and an educator, and how good literature is the path to the cultivation of the soul.
1 hr 33 min
December 10, 2021 A Stroll Through a Renaissance City
Dr. Jenkins and John Heitzenrater discuss the Renaissance author Leonardo Bruni and his wonderful encomium of Florence; what Bruni can tell us about rhetoric and history; how this small city pursued goodness, truth, and beauty; and what both of these can tell us about classical Orthodox education.
1 hr 17 min
November 19, 2021 The Accidental Classical Educator
Dr. Jenkins welcomes Andrew Kern, founder and director of The Circe Institute for a lively conversation ranging from pedagogy, to the sorry state of modern education, and of course, to Homer.
1 hr 54 min
November 17, 2021 The Accidental Classical Educator
Dr. Jenkins welcomes Andrew Kern, founder and director of The Circe Institute for a lively conversation ranging from pedagogy, to the sorry state of modern education, and of course, to Homer.
1 hr 54 min
October 12, 2021 Ascending the Ladder: From Homeschooler to Classical Headmaster
This episode Dr. Jenkins takes a nepotistic turn on the podcast, and discusses homeschooling in relationship to classical schooling with his nephew, William A. Jenkins, a homeschooled student who is now Headmaster of Christiana Homeschool Academy, a classical academy in Westminster, MD.
1 hr 25 min
October 08, 2021 Ascending the Ladder: From Homeschooler to Classical Headmaster
This episode Dr. Jenkins takes a nepotistic turn on the podcast, and discusses homeschooling in relationship to classical schooling with his nephew, William A. Jenkins, a homeschooled student who is now Headmaster of Christiana Homeschool Academy, a classical academy in Westminster, MD.
1 hr 25 min
September 10, 2021 More Tradi-than-thou: A Catholic Educator Discovers Where the Real Tradition Leads
In this episode, Dr. Cyril Jenkins discusses with John Heitzenrater his path from hyper-traditionalist, observant Catholic to Orthodoxy, and what this actually tells us about him as the headmaster of St. Constantine in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.
55 min