The Grove City paragraph was intense. I'm reading along at a pleasant pace prior to that and then you drop three strong news-bits of further decay. That is tough to digest.
"How do we prevent this transformation?" Right question to ask. Like you pointed out about CT, the reward is so great for dancing like a monkey (well-educated one of course, like the CT writers are), and it's easy to do because it doesn't involve the mind.
As long as Classic Christian education exercises the mind it will probably last because the providers of it, and consumers see a value that has already discounted the rewards of the Big flashy-easy road. However, the accusation you rose, "teach too many white men" will really sort out the group (unfortunately).
The GCC stuff was news a while back. Carl Trueman ~sort of~ defended it, with the comment (and this much is a true) that in the context of a university classroom, it is often quite appropriate to bring in a speaker with whom you disagree. When the stuff becomes institutionally endorsed, though, (as implied by speaking at a chapel service), it becomes a problem.
The Grove City paragraph was intense. I'm reading along at a pleasant pace prior to that and then you drop three strong news-bits of further decay. That is tough to digest.
"How do we prevent this transformation?" Right question to ask. Like you pointed out about CT, the reward is so great for dancing like a monkey (well-educated one of course, like the CT writers are), and it's easy to do because it doesn't involve the mind.
As long as Classic Christian education exercises the mind it will probably last because the providers of it, and consumers see a value that has already discounted the rewards of the Big flashy-easy road. However, the accusation you rose, "teach too many white men" will really sort out the group (unfortunately).
The GCC stuff was news a while back. Carl Trueman ~sort of~ defended it, with the comment (and this much is a true) that in the context of a university classroom, it is often quite appropriate to bring in a speaker with whom you disagree. When the stuff becomes institutionally endorsed, though, (as implied by speaking at a chapel service), it becomes a problem.