Workshop Talk | | Culture & Faith
Summary
Did the medievals simply rename seven classical learning arts by grouping them into the Trivium and Quadrivium or do the names give us a clue to something more? Was rhetoric training in eloquence, or did it serve a higher and bigger purpose? Do we owe Western Civilization to the Greeks? The Romans? Or another group that you may only have heard of in passing?
Through a deep dive into classical education’s true origins, David Goodwin reveals an inverted narrative arc of Western history that was used to mask the power of the true Gospel to change the world. What if we really believed Christ is King? A group of men, led by two or three key figures, decided to build a civilization on this assumption. As it turns out, school was the driving force in their plan.
Speaker
David Goodwin has served as the full-time president of the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS) since 2015. He served on the ACCS Board as an elected member from 2010 to 2014 and helped develop the strategic plan for the ACCS. Formerly, he helped found The Ambrose School in Meridian, ID, and was headmaster there for 13 years, growing it from a struggling small school to over 500 students and building its current facility. He co-authored the #1 New York Times Bestseller, Battle for the American Mind, with Pete Hegseth and has been a speaker at various events around the country, as well as writing for publications such as The Federalist, The Washington Times, and others. He lives in Boise, ID, with his wife, Stormy. They have three adult children, one of whom teaches at a classical Christian school.
Additional Materials
The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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