On education, formation, citizenship and the lost purpose of learning / Joseph Clair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clair, Joseph Allan, 1980- author.

Series:

Reading Augustine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Augustine.

Education (Christian theology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (132 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.

Summary:

"Reading Augustine presents concise, personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religion scholars. The looming crisis in higher education appears to be a matter of soaring costs and crushing student debt, but the problem is actually much deeper. It is a crisis of soul; a question of the very purpose of learning and the type of people that our educational system produces. Today, in the age of academic hyper-specialization and professional knowledge, the moral and spiritual purposes of learning have been eclipsed by a shallow view of career and success. On Education, Formation, Citizenship, and the Lost Purpose of Learning turns to the influential figure Augustine of Hippo to explore how he saved the liberal arts at the end of the Roman Empire and how his inspiring vision can do the same for higher education today. It offers a roadmap for reviving the soul of education--presenting concrete ways that the intellectual practices and economic enterprise of learning can lead once more to a fulfilled life of knowing God and loving others."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

List of Abbreviations

1. The Lost Purpose of Learning

2. Education and the Order of Love

3. The Art of Reading

4. Citizenship

5. A Way Forward

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501326196

1501326198

9781501326172

1501326171

9781501326189

150132618X

OCLC:

1001287902