The Sower

This is Part 2 of a two-part Podcast where VP Josh Bowman interviews Nate Roberts, founder of the Michigan Academy of Folk Music (MAFM). In this episode, we’ll talk about the role of music in discipleship and moral and spiritual formation generally. https://www.mifolkmusic.com/ In Part 2, we discussed Nate and MAFM’s approach to music education and its overlap with classical education, homeschooli...

This is Part 1 of a two-part Podcast where VP Josh Bowman interviews Nate Roberts, founder of the Michigan Academy of Folk Music (MAFM). In this episode, we talk through Nate and MAFM’s approach to music education and its overlap with classical education, homeschooling, and more. https://www.mifolkmusic.com/ In Part 2, we’ll talk about the role of music in discipleship and moral and spiritual form...

In this episode, VP Josh Bowman interviews professor Ryan Holston on his new book, Tradition and the Deliberative Turn: A Critique of Contemporary Democratic Theory (SUNY Press, 2023) https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/Tradition-and-the-Deliberative-Turn   We address modern notions of democratic theory and deliberation and consider how the work of Hans Georg Gadamer might inspire a revision or even a r...

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 a...

VP of the Ciceronian Society, Josh Bowman, talks with David Michael Phelps, president of Harmel Academy. Harmel Academy is a post-secondary, Catholic trade school in Grand Rapids Michigan pioneering an exciting new strategy for the formation and education of men. To learn more, go to https://www.harmelacademy.org/ Select books mentioned: A. G. Sertillanges, The Intellectual Life https://www.cuapre...

VP of the Ciceronian Society, Josh Bowman, talks with David Michael Phelps, president of Harmel Academy. Harmel Academy is a post-secondary, Catholic trade school in Grand Rapids Michigan pioneering an exciting new strategy for the formation and education of men. To learn more, go to https://www.harmelacademy.org/ Select books mentioned: A. G. Sertillanges, The Intellectual Life https://www.cuapre...

Ciceronian Society president James Patterson joins Dr. Glenn Moots for a 2-part conversation on Christianity Nationalism. Glenn Moots is a prolific writer and teacher from Northwood University in Michigan. Learn more about Glenn Moots here: https://www.northwood.edu/directory/faculty/glenn-moots/ Glenn’s adapted talk from the National Conservative conference, which he references, can be found here...

Ciceronian Society president James Patterson joins Dr. Glenn Moots for a 2-part conversation on Christianity Nationalism. Glenn Moots is a prolific writer and teacher from Northwood University in Michigan. Learn more about Glenn Moots here: https://www.northwood.edu/directory/faculty/glenn-moots/ Glenn’s adapted talk from the National Conservative conference, which he references, can be found here...

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 ht...

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-Scien...

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#:...

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,...

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-Ex...

Vice President Josh Bowman chats with Dr. Brent Waters about his new book, COMMON CALLINGS AND ORDINARY VIRTUES (Baker Academic, 2022) Available now: http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/common-callings-and-ordinary-virtues/387170   Brent recently retired from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. His primary interests are in the areas of theology and technology, bioethics, economics and ethi...

James Patterson chats with Rachel Ferguson about her recent book with Marcus Witcher called BLACK LIBERATION THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE https://www.amazon.com/Black-Liberation-Through-Marketplace-Heartbreak/dp/1637583443  https://ciceroniansociety.org/  

President James Patterson and Vice-President Josh Bowman chat about the history, purposes, themes, and peculiarities of the Ciceronian Society. https://ciceroniansociety.org/