The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal celebrates and defends the Permanent Things. Coming soon: America's School of Conservative Studies.
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Christian educators are asked to think beyond simply covering material, assigning work, and giving grades. Christine Norvell explores Smith’s approach to bringing Christian faith and teaching together through intention, community, hospitality, reflection, and care.
Join Michael Lucchese and @StambaughRyan at BOLD Cigar Bar & Lounge for a BOLD conversation next Monday (10/19), Russell Kirk on America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776. Details and RSVP can be found on the events page: buff.ly/3k5Hyof
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“McDougall does more than merely describe the drama, tension, passion, and irony of European history. With his eye on themis, he finds meaning in the self-understanding of a civilization that continues to search for its place in the larger cosmological order.”
In his review of "American Trojan: Leadership, Resilience, and the Renewal of Higher Education" by C.L. Max Nikias, Christopher R. Green examines Nikias’s account of his time leading USC and the bureaucratic obstacles that shaped his efforts to reform the university.
“Belloc remains a draught of fresh air and a happy antidote to the official version of English national history, with its idealized tale of public-spirited reforms and liberal advances broadening down to the happy present.”
“Churchill’s roving commission, full of innocence and honor, but with the perspective of a man who has already served as First Lord of the Admiralty during World War I.” @frankvonhippel
American higher education faces problems ranging from administrative bloat all the way to a loss of purpose. In his review of "Higher Education in America," Nathaniel Urban examines the challenges facing the modern university and the case for reform.
“'War Without Mercy' is an engaging and salutary reminder of the consequences of existential strife and the brutality of civil war.”
Writing on Paul Elmer More's New Humanism, Michael Lucchese notes that "Russell Kirk honored them [Irving Babbitt and Paul Elmer More] as the two American writers who did the most to sustain tradition in their time: buff.ly/jpwSA39 @ActonInstitute
"While The Philosophy of Paul Elmer More is certainly a book written for an academic audience, Leander’s exploration of the writer’s ethical understanding nonetheless makes it clear that our culture would be ennobled by a fuller appreciation of it." - buff.ly/jpwSA39
Join Michael Lucchese and @StambaughRyan at BOLD Cigar Bar & Lounge for a BOLD conversation next Monday (10/19), Russell Kirk on America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776. Details and RSVP can be found on the events page: buff.ly/3k5Hyof
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Next on tap (or poured neat, you pick!) for BOLD Talks. Michael Lucchese. Russell Kirk. On Kirk's birthday.
What is is like to visit the home of the traditional conservative movement in America?
@mich_enjoyer recently visited the Kirk Center in Mecosta and offers an immersive look at the grounds and ongoing programming of the @KirkCenter.
How should we think about the legacy of 1776? On a recent episode of Liberty + Leadership, @rogerrream sat down with Michael Lucchese, editor of “Russell Kirk on America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776.” You can listen in to their conversation here: buff.ly/D3ygwGu
A new independent publisher is stepping onto the scene with a major work of European history. Creed & Culture’s first year includes the publication of McDougall’s "The Mighty Continent," a sweeping history with both the achievements and failures of Western civilization in sight.
