2023 Conference Highlights: Higher Ed. - Western Education and its Telos Through Time - Peter Merz - Rochester L’Abri Conference

2023 Conference Highlights: Higher Ed. - Western Education and its Telos (Purpose) Through Time - Peter Merz - Rochester L'Abri Conference

The First in our interim 'conference highlights' series, this lecture deals with the changes in western education's purpose through time. Peter Merz of English L'Abri takes us from the ancient Greeks right up to our present moment, illuminating many ubiquitous but confusing cultural trends.

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The Rochester L'Abri Conference 2023

G.K Chesterton once wrote “Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” And passing the baton onto the next generation has always been part of the Biblical mandate. Evangelicals have long wrestled with good models for educating minors, but arguably the greater challenge today is in higher education, and, equally, if we are to ‘disciple the nations’, then the Church’s role in shaping the mind of believers more generally is a critical issue. At this year’s Conference, we want to look at all aspects of a Christian approach to Education - its motives, methods and models.