Cooper & Cary Have Words

#136 What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us? (With Rhys Laverty)

September 22, 2022 James Cary & Barry Cooper Season 1
Cooper & Cary Have Words
#136 What Have The Romans Ever Done For Us? (With Rhys Laverty)
Show Notes

Cooper and Cary have words with Rhys Laverty about Classical Christian Education. Why is it becoming more and more popular? Why would we want to teach our kids Latin? And why are Christians taking an educational lead from - of all people -  THE ROMANS?

Reforming Classical Education by Rhys Laverty et al
Rhys' Ad Fontes Podcast
Association of Classical Christian Schools
The Lost Tools Of Learning by Dorothy Sayers (free online article)
Recovering The Lost Tools Of Learning by Douglas Wilson
The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
Metamorphoses by Ovid
The Odyssey (translated by Robert Fagles, read by Ian McKellen)
Dialogues by Plato
Mythos by Stephen Fry
The Abolition of Man by C S Lewis
The Light Ages by Seb Falk

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