Ep. 12 – Easter and Education

This is Episode 12 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education.

This episode was recorded for Easter but due to technical difficulties recording a previous podcast, it was delayed.

The content is nevertheless still quite relevant given Easter is the celebration of the most important event in human history, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The resurrection absolutely changed everything, including education, since by it Christ “re-formed the human race” as Irenaeus notes in Against Heresies. In his Second Oration on Easter, Gregory Nazianzen affirms the same saying, “A few drops of blood re-creates the whole world.”

In that the resurrection of Christ brings the whole cosmos within range of the redemptive purpose of Christ (Eph. 1), it reaffirms in one sense (Deut 6:4ff), and recreates in another sense (Paideia), the purpose and method of education, making it that much more important for us to get it right.

Scott served as a minister for 20 years and as a Christian educator for 25 years. He earned degrees in the humanities (Ph.D. [ABD], Faulkner University), classical studies (M.A.C.C.S., Knox Theological Seminary), religion and English literature (B.S., Liberty University), and creative writing (A.A., College of Southern Nevada). He also earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in theology from a former denominational institution back in the day.

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