The Sower

VP of the Ciceronian Society, Josh Bowman, talks with Landon Loftin of the Gravitas Prep School ( https://gravitas.sbs.org/ ) , regarding his book co-authored with Max Leyf on Owen Barfield: What Barfield Thought: An Introduction to the Work of Owen Barfield (Cascade Books) https://wipfandstock.com/9781666736762/what-barfield-thought/ 

Owen Barfield (1898–1997) was a close friend of C.S. Lewis and a member of The Inklings, a group which also included J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams among other literary luminaries. He was a prolific author throughout his long life, and was known as a philosopher of the “evolution of consciousness,” a great reader of S.T. Coleridge, and a central figure sharing the movement called “anthroposophy” with the English-speaking world. Visit his literary estate to learn more: https://www.owenbarfield.org/ 

If you enjoy learning and writing about any of the Inklings, including Barfield, we encourage you to visit our website to sign-up for our newsletter and to register for our upcoming conference, February 29 - March 2, 2024 in Plano, TX. https://ciceroniansociety.org/ 

Happy Independence Day! Josh Bowman, Vice President of the Ciceronian Society, interviews Mark David Hall on his new book, Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land, which looks at how Christianity advanced freedom and equality for all Americans

To purchase the book, head over to https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1637587236?tag=simonsayscom 

To learn more about Mark, visit his website at https://www.markdavidhall.org/ 

To learn about the Ciceronian Society, visit https://ciceroniansociety.org/ 

In this episode, Josh Bowman interviews professor and author James Matthew Wilson. We talk about poetry, creative writing, and the unique MFA in creative writing at the University of St. Thomas.

To learn more about James and his writings visit https://www.jamesmatthewwilson.com/ 

To learn more about the MFA program we discussed, check out: https://www.stthom.edu/Academics/School-of-Arts-and-Sciences/Division-of-Liberal-Studies/Graduate/Master-of-Fine-Arts-in-Creative-Writing 

If you enjoy this conversation and would like to meet more people like James, we hope you’ll consider joining us for our 2024 conference in Plano, TX, February 29 - March 2. Panel and paper proposals are due by September 1, 2024 and more information can be found on our website, https://ciceroniansociety.org/ 

Josh Bowman, Vice President of the Ciceronian Society, interviews the great historian, Kevin Gutzman, on his new book, The Jeffersonians, which looks at the presidencies of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.

To learn more about Kevin, visit his website at: http://kevingutzman.com/ 

To purchase this book, head over to https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250135452/thejeffersonians#:~:text=Kevin%20R.%20C.%20Gutzman's%20The%20Jeffersonians,for%20later%20American%20liberals%20to 

For more information about the Ciceronian Society: https://ciceroniansociety.org/ 

In this special episode of THE SOWER, Vice President Josh Bowman speaks with Dr. Joe Wysocki. Joe is Dean of the Honors College and an Associate Professor of Politics at the site of our upcoming 2023 conference: Belmont Abbey College. Josh and Joe talk about Belmont Abbey, the College, and the location of our 2023 conference.

To learn more about the conference, to register, or to propose a paper, visit https://ciceroniansociety.org/conference/ 

To learn more about Belmont Abbey and Joe’s work, check out https://belmontabbeycollege.edu/ 

In this episode, Vice President Josh Bowman talks with Dr. Dennis Durst, Associate Professor of Theology at the Keeran School of Bible and Ministry at Kentucky Christian University. We discuss Dennis’ recent book, The Perils of Human Exceptionalism: Elements of a Nineteenth-Century Theological Anthropology, published by Lexington Books. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666900194/The-Perils-of-Human-Exceptionalism-Elements-of-a-Nineteenth-Century-Theological-Anthropology 

To learn more about the Ciceronian Society and our upcoming conference, visit us at https://ciceroniansociety.org/