The Path to the Academy
The Path to the Academy
Conversations on Orthodoxy and Education
A series of interviews with Orthodox educators and youth workers on what education is and why we need to spend time thinking about it.
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Friday, May 1, 2026 140 mins
The Hand of God in Creation: Unpacking Dr. Moritz's Lecture
This episode Drs. Jenkins and Moritz start the deep-dive into Dr. Moritz's St. Basil Center Lecture. Per form, they don't get very far but spend a great deal of energy on many necessary items.
Friday, April 24, 2026 49 mins
Divine Logoi, Platonic Biology, & the Orthodox Re-Enchantment of Evolution: Are evolutionary biology and the Orthodox Faith an impossible combination?
In the Spring Lecture for the St. Basil Center for Orthodox Thought & Culture, Dr. Joshua Moritz unpacks the real and large distinctions between materialist evolution and the emerging science of Platonic Biology, and how Orthodox Theology fits into this.
Friday, March 13, 2026 124 mins
W.W.J.R? The Bible of the First Century and Sola Scriptura
In this episode, Doctors Jenkins and Moritz are joined by Dr. William Tighe as they dive into the question of the state of “the Bible” in the time of our Lord, the menagerie that was ancient Judaism, and why we cannot speak about “by scripture alone” without any reference to the place of the Church. This is the first of a series on this topic.
Friday, December 12, 2025 108 mins
Biological Paradigms
This episode our intrepid PhDs talk about a recent conversation between Johanthan Pageau, Dr. Michael Levin, and Dr. John Vervaeke about the inexplicable patterns found in nature which are crying out for explanations that are other than that of materialism. Link to the convo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iwOJ9PWcPmo
Friday, August 8, 2025 139 mins
The Secular and the Modern, Round 2
The doctors have returned, picking up where they had left off, discussing the basis of our current manias, the slippery and often inchoate concepts of Secularism and Modernity. Where did they begin, what do they mean, and how do we approach them are some of the topics addressed. This time, they finish the show notes. Items mentioned in this podcast: Scopes Trial: https://tinyurl.com/MoritzScopes100 Menken on Machen: https://tinyurl.com/MenkenonMachen Othodoxy and Education: https://tinyurl.com/OrthEd2025
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Facing Uncomfortable Truths