The Path to the Academy

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

The Path to the Academy episodes

June 21, 2021 Beauty in the World: A Headmaster's Vision for a School
Dr. Jenkins sits down in-studio with John Heitzenrater, the new headmaster of St. Constantine School of Lehigh Valley to speak about what the new school will be like both as regards nut-and-bolts, but also the vision of what this means in the lives of our children, and in the life of the Church.
1 hr 52 min
June 11, 2021 Do you feel unlucky, Punk? Do you?
Today Dr. Jenkins welcomes Josh Gibbs of Veritas Academy, gibbsclassical.com, and author of How to Be Unlucky, and Something They Will Never Forget, both books dealing with classical education and the life of reflection.
2 hr 14 min
May 21, 2021 The Texans are coming! The Texans are coming!
Dr. Jenkins introduces us to the St. Constantine School in Lehigh Valley's new headmaster, Mr. John Heitzenrater: classical educator, father of eleven, and a connoisseur of all things having to do with smoked meats.
1 hr 43 min
April 16, 2021 Paying Intellectual Debts: The Legacy of Stratford Caldecott
Fr. Daniel Greeson of St. Anne Orthodox Church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and editor of the "Every Thought Captive" Ancient Faith blog joins Prof. Jenkins today as they discuss the life and legacy of the late Stratford Caldecott and what he says to us not only about education, but thinking and living and imagining.
1 hr 49 min
April 02, 2021 Beauty for Truth's Sake
Dr. Timothy Patitsas joins Dr. Jenkins to discuss how all education and moral training is actually an exercise in aesthetics, and a training first and foremost in the love of beauty.
1 hr 21 min
March 12, 2021 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
February 12, 2021 The Pursuit of God and the Love of Learning.
Dr. Cyril Jenkins interviews Prof. David Bradshaw of the Philosophy Department of the University of Kentucky on our present education predicament, what's needed to correct it, and how every Christian needs to be a philosopher.
52 min
February 10, 2021 The Pursuit of God and the Love of Learning.
Dr. Cyril Jenkins interviews Prof. David Bradshaw of the Philosophy Department of the University of Kentucky on our present education predicament, what's needed to correct it, and how every Christian needs to be a philosopher.
52 min
January 29, 2021 Interview with Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick
Dr. Cyril Jenkins interviews Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, chief content officer of Ancient Faith Ministries, about the importance of an Orthodox Christian education.
1 hr 18 min
January 14, 2021 Children Properly Developed
Dr. Cyril Jenkins provides an update on the St. Constantine School and interviews Steven Christoforou, the Director of Y2AM and the host of Be the Bee, about the challenges facing contemporary Orthodox youth and what it means to properly develop our children.
45 min