The Path to the Academy

This episode Drs. Jenkins and Moritz start the deep-dive into Dr. Moritz's St. Basil Center Lecture. Per form, they don't get very far but spend a great deal of energy on many necessary items.

In the Spring Lecture for the St. Basil Center for Orthodox Thought & Culture, Dr. Joshua Moritz unpacks the real and large distinctions between materialist evolution and the emerging science of Platonic Biology, and how Orthodox Theology fits into this.

In this episode, Doctors Jenkins and Moritz are joined by Dr. William Tighe as they dive into the question of the state of “the Bible” in the time of our Lord, the menagerie that was ancient Judaism, and why we cannot speak about “by scripture alone” without any reference to the place of the Church. This is the first of a series on this topic.

This episode our intrepid PhDs talk about a recent conversation between Johanthan Pageau, Dr. Michael Levin, and Dr. John Vervaeke about the inexplicable patterns found in nature which are crying out for explanations that are other than that of materialism. Link to the convo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iwOJ9PWcPmo

The doctors have returned, picking up where they had left off, discussing the basis of our current manias, the slippery and often inchoate concepts of Secularism and Modernity. Where did they begin, what do they mean, and how do we approach them are some of the topics addressed. This time, they finish the show notes. Items mentioned in this podcast: Scopes Trial: https://tinyurl.com/MoritzScopes10...

The doctors are at it again, this time discussing the basis of our current manias, the slippery and often inchoate concepts of Secularism and Modernity. Where did they begin, what do they mean, and how do we approach them are some of the topics addressed. As to be expected, they did not finish the show notes. https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot2025 https://tinyurl.com/OrthEd2025

Drs. Jenkins and Moritz are back at it, this week looking at the ancient and honored discipline of Astronomy, and how the ancients were so much closer to reality than so many moderns want to admit. Dr. Moritz on Cambrian Explosion: https://tinyurl.com/MoritzCamb Dr. Jenkins on Byzantine Empire: https://tinyurl.com/LuxchristiByzantium

Having weathered the Holidays, flu and chest colds, the start of another academic term, and scheduling hurly-burly, our intrepid Professors are back at, this time in an episode that had no fixed agenda (and thus not purpose or end). For Dr. Jenkins Byzantine course see here: https://tinyurl.com/LuxchristiByzantium And Dr. Moritz's article on AI here (https://tinyurl.com/JMoritzAI) and on Lord Kelv...

This episode our intrepid professors review what aspects of the recent Orthodoxy and Education Conference, touching on how Christians dominated the field of science, what theology looks like in an Orthodox school, along with an aside on the "Disney" disease.

This episode Dr. Jenkins and Dr. Moritz, address a listener's question, and discuss as well the recent Orthodoxy and Education Conference.

Dr. Jenkins drawing from his 40+ years as an educator, discusses ways to improve education at the parish level, from Sunday School to Catechism, employing methods available to any educator.

Dr. Jenkins, author, host of Path to the Academy and Light through the Past podcasts, explores the corruption of the Universities, how they have not only left their foundations as Christian institutions, but actually worked to undermine their first principles, how this change has wrought devastation to Orthodox youth heading off to college, and what can be done to address the problem.

Mrs. Hewitt, the Assistant Head of School at Claritas Classical Christian Academy, looks at the lost virtue of disciplining the memory as part of cultivating the soul. Taking inspiration from St. Augustin, Mrs. Hewitt shows the need isn't just for the verse here and there, but for long sections of literature and poetry.

In her second talk, Laura E. Wolfe dives into why we must all be homeschoolers. Homeschooling is not just an 'alternative' for those opting out of our government schools, but a life that integrates the student into all aspects of the home, and not just slapping on some academic disciplines to daily chores.

Mrs. Wolfe, author, inter alia, of Sasha and the Dragon, and Patterns for Life, introduces us to the incredible world of Charlotte Mason, the late 19th - early 20th educator who saw the formation of the soul, and not just the creation of factory workers, as the true goal of education. Laura explores how this world fits into Orthodox paideia, and is so suitable for homeschoolers especially.

Dr. Joshua Moritz of Chrysostom Academy tackles the nagging rumor that science and faith are two different systems that have nothing to do with each other, pointing out that most of the great scientists of centuries past were confessing Christians, and many of them Orthodox, whose faith was integral to their work.

Mr. Heitzenrater, Headmaster of Chrysostom Academy, explores what exactly an Orthodox school looks like, how it will differ from other schools, and why it is not merely the same old curriculum with some prayers added.

Dr. Chris Perrin of Classical Academic Press and Scholé Academy begins the conference introducing us to the rich heritage of Paideia that comes to us from our Saints and Tradition, and what this heritage entails.

This episode Dr. Jenkins grills Dr. Moritz about his long and winding road out of the Lehigh Valley, to Calvin College, than to Berkeley, all the while inquiring about Orthodoxy, only to find that his path to Orthodoxy led him back to the Lehigh Valley both to Orthodoxy and Chrysostom Academy. Orthodoxy and Education Conference: Orthodoxy and Education: https://tinyurl.com/OrthodoxEducation

Our two intrepid podcasters having gotten bogged down in answering listeners' questions, now push forward to address why mankind was created, and what is its destiny. In short, what is man, why does he exist, where's he going, and why? Orthodoxy and Education: https://tinyurl.com/OrthodoxEducation Doxamoot 2024: https://tinyurl.com/Doxamoot24 Dr. Jenkins new website with Atheism course: luxchristi...

Our two hale and hardy podcasters got happily bogged down in the answering of two listeners' questions, inquiries that also serve as an excellent introduction to this two part episode: What is man, why does he exist, where's he going, and why?

Dr. Joshua Moritz joins Dr. Jenkins once again as they begin a series on the liberal arts, those skills necessary to liberate us from the errors in thinking and thought, and that direct us as we seek to pursue God.

Dr. Jenkins welcomes back once again Dr. Joshua Moritz as they discuss the the Question Universal Salvation, what it is, what it is not, why the question keeps emerging among Christians, and what Holy Scripture and the Fathers have to say about it.

Dr. Jenkins welcomes back Dr. Joshua Moritz to the podcast where our duo dives into the question of the resurrection of the body, one of the fundamental teachings of our faith. Our co-hosts investigate what all the resurrection entails, what the body is that shall be raised, and how our raised bodies relate to the body of our Lord.

This episode Dr. Jenkins welcomes back Dr. Joshua Moritz, and as well Dr. William Tighe, who plays a periodically vocal "fly on the wall" for this episode. Our host and guests dive into the question of what were deaconesses, why they were used at some times and some places in the Church, and why the position was discontinued.