The relevance of classical education and good theology!
In this episode, we welcome Dr. Josh Bowman, who serves as the Executive Director of the Ciceronian Society and as Director of Operations at All Saints Holland Anglican Church. He previously taught courses in American politics, law, environmental studies, and political philosophy at multiple universities, including Hope College and Heidelberg University.
Michael sits down with Dr. Bowman to discuss the cultivation of Christian intellectual spaces, the relevance of classical education in our modern era, as well as the mutually dependent relationship between Christian intellectuals and the local church.
Works cited
Intellectual Discipleship, Josh Bowman (2025) https://circeinstitute.org/blog/intellectual-discipleship/
"B-O-O-G-A-L-O-O" (2010) by the Diplomats of Solid Sound is used by license. Scheduling by Josie Risinger
Post-production by Andrew Brinkmann
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We have many great episodes already recorded, edited, and ready to go. In the coming weeks, we will feature:
Rev. Dr. Stephen Presley, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Church History; Director, Research Doctoral Studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Senior Fellow for Religion and Public Life at the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy (CRCD), and author of Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World Like the Early Church (2024) and Biblical Theology in the Life of the Early Church (2025).
Rev. Dr. Anthony Bradley, Ph.D., who serves as the Distinguished Research Fellow at The Acton Institute and Research Professor of Interdisciplinary and Theological Studies at Kuyper College. Dr. Bradley will be discussing his recent work on the role that fathers have with boys, and his recent work, God at Work: Loving God and Neighbor Through the Book of Exodus (2025).
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