LUTHERANISM & THE CLASSICS VIII: Education

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CONSORTIUM FOR CLASSICAL LUTHERAN EDUCATION (Midwest)

A sound education inspires curiosity in the cosmos and a desire to serve God and neighbor by pursuing legitimate vocations. The 2025 joint conference of Lutheranism and the Classics (L&tC) and the Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education (CCLE) aims to support, bolster, and enhance the emergence of classical education in our Lutheran churches and schools through an exploration of historical education as well as classical pedagogy and practice. Papers and panels will address topics including:

  • The influence of Greco-Roman education on the Reformation
  • The education of famous luminaries: Cyrus, Cicero, Caesar, Augustine, Luther, etc.
  • Melanchthon, โ€œpraeceptor Germaniaeโ€
  • How music influenced the development of education
  • The rise of Living Latin
  • What does playing and/or recess have to do with education?

Friday, October 3


11:00 a.m.โ€“1:00 p.m.Registration

Sihler Auditorium


11:30 a.m.โ€“1:00 p.m.Lunch on your own

Available at the Dining Hall for $9


1:00โ€“1:10 p.m.Welcome

Sihler Auditorium


1:10โ€“2:00 p.m.โ€œLuther on Classical Education in De Servo Arbitrioโ€

Dr. E. Christian Kopff, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado


2:10โ€“3:25 p.m.Sectional Papers

L&tC 1, CCLE 1, 2, 3


3:25โ€“3:35 p.m.Break


3:35โ€“4:25 p.m.Sectional Papers

L&tC 2, CCLE 4 and 5


4:35โ€“5:25 p.m.โ€œWhat Can a Communicative Approach to Teaching Latin Realistically Achieve?โ€

Dr. Thomas Keeline, Washington University, St. Louis,
Missouri


5:35โ€“5:55 p.m.Vespers

Kramer Chapel


6:00โ€“6:40 p.m.Gemรผtlichkeit (Fellowship)

Outside Student Commons


6:45 p.m.Banquet

Dining Hall


Saturday, October 4


7:00โ€“8:00 a.m.Breakfast on your own

Not available at the Dining Hall


8:00โ€“8:50 a.m.Sectional Papers

L&tC 3, CCLE 6 and 7


9:00โ€“9:50 a.m.โ€œThe Transformation of the Textbook: Language Learning in Renaissance Germanyโ€

Dr. Amy Nelson Burnett, The University of
Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska


10:00โ€“10:30 a.m.Matins

Kramer Chapel


10:30โ€“10:50 a.m.Coffee

Commons


11:00 a.m.โ€“12:15 p.m.Sectional Papers

L&tC 4, CCLE 8 and 9


12:00โ€“1:30 p.m.Campus Bookstore open


12:20โ€“1:30 p.m.Lunch

Included; served until 1:00 p.m. in the Dining Hall


1:40โ€“2:50 p.m.Sectional Papers

L&tC 5, CCLE 10, 11, 12


3:00โ€“4:00 p.m.Itinerarium

Kramer Chapel, Rev. Dr. Benjamin Mayes presiding


4:10โ€“5:30 p.m.Board Meeting



Amy Nelson Burnett


Tom Keeline


E. Christian Kopff


Dr. Carl P.E. Springer



Friday, October 3, 2:10โ€“3:25 p.m. โ€” Sectional Papers 1


Cicero, Caesar, and Augustine (Sihler Auditorium)

  • โ€œThe Holy Spirit is No Skepticโ€: Ciceroโ€™s Presence in the Classic Controversy between Martin Luther and Erasmus of Rotterdam โ€” Dr. Gary M. Simpson, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Educating Caesar โ€” Dr. John G. Nordling, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • โ€œOthers Talk; We Have Something to Sayโ€: St. Augustineโ€™s View of Rhetoric โ€” Mr. David Fahrenthold, Classical School of Wichita, Wichita, Kansas

Friday, October 3, 3:35โ€“4:25 p.m. โ€” Sectional Papers 2


A. Education and Educators (Sihler Auditorium)

  • Wittenberg: Conservative or Progressive? โ€” Dr. Daniel Deen, Concordia University, Irvine, California
  • Teacher Appreciation Day: Martin Lutherโ€™s Personal View of Education โ€” Dr. Alden Smith, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

B. Lutherโ€™s De Servo Arbitrio (Loehe 7)

  • Bound Will or Free Choice: Lutherโ€™s De Servo Arbitrio and Pedagogical Method โ€” Rev. Brandon W. Koble, Pastor, Faith Lutheran Church, Plano, Texas, and PhD student, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • video meliora proboque, deterioria sequor: Pagans and Paul between the Lines in De Servo Arbitrio โ€” Dr. C. J. Armstrong, Concordia University, Irvine, California

C. Councils and Doctrine (TBA)

  • Council of Nicaea and Arianism: An Exploration of the Theological Questions โ€” Mr. Ronald Eisner, Elder, First Lutheran Church, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Johann Gerhard, Patrology, and the Lutheran Claim of Catholicity โ€” Dr. Benjamin Mayes, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Saturday, October 4, 8:00โ€“8:50 a.m. โ€” Sectional Papers 3


A. Dionysius Thrax and John Chrysostom (Sihler Auditorium)

  • The Six Parts of Grammar: The Ars Grammatica of Dionysius Thrax and Ancient Philological Methods โ€” Mr. John R. L. James, PhD student, Department of Classics, State University of New York at Buffalo
  • John Chrysostom, Treatise on Education: Teaching and Text โ€” Dr. Margaret A. Schatkin, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

B. The Stubborn Free Will and Science Education (Loehe 7)

  • Philip Melanchthon Exercises His Stubborn Free Will โ€” Dr. James A. Kellerman, Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
  • A Humanist Approach to University Science Education โ€” Dr. Sarah Karam, Concordia University, Irvine, California (North Lantern)

C. Lutheran Education and Proper Latinity (TBA)

  • Three Principle Influences upon Early Lutheran Education โ€” Mr. Davis Smith, Hillsdale College Graduate School of Classical Education, Hillsdale, Michigan
  • Proper Latinity? Latin Excellence and the Lutheran Corpus Auctores Latinae โ€” Rev. Phillip Fischaber, MPhil, Pastor, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Walnut, Illinois

Saturday, October 4, 11:00 a.m.โ€“12:15 p.m. โ€” Sectional Papers 4


Agricola and the Lutheran Organist (Sihler Auditorium)

  • โ€œAllein mit der Gotts Hรผlffeโ€: Martin Agricola (ca. 1486โ€“1556) as Music Teacher and Author of Textbooks in Lutheran Magdeburg โ€” Dr. William E. Hettrick, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
  • Educating the Lutheran Organist in Vienna: Instructions in 1824 and 1848 โ€” Dr. Jane S. Hettrick, Professor Emerita of Music, Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Art, Imagination, and the Arts (TBA)

  • How Form Affects Content: Analyzing the Internal Logic of Geometry in Biblical Visual Art โ€” Dr. Sara Fletcher, Concordia University, Irvine, California
  • The Role of the Imagination in Classical Pedagogy โ€” Dr. Gabriel Haley, Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska
  • Let No One Ignorant of Geometry Enter the Seminary? โ€” Rev. Brennick Christiansen, Our Fatherโ€™s Evangelical Lutheran Church, School, and Childcare, Greenfield, Wisconsin

Saturday, October 4, 1:40โ€“2:55 p.m. โ€” Sectional Papers 5


Melanchthon (Sihler Auditorium)

  • โ€œPedagogy Should Not Be Despisedโ€: Philip Melanchthon on Moral Philosophy โ€” Dr. Eric J. Hutchinson, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan
  • Wittenberg Humanism and 21st Century Lutheran Education โ€” Dr. Jason Soenksen, Concordia University, Mequon, Wisconsin
  • A Vision of Lutheran โ€œLiberal Artsโ€ from Wittenberg โ€” Dr. Susan Mobley, Concordia University, Mequon, Wisconsin


Friday, October 3, 2:10โ€“3:25 p.m. โ€” Sectional Papers 1, 2, 3


  • Living Latin in the Classroom: Pros and Cons (Pedagogical) โ€” Dr. Carl P.E. Springer, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee (Luther Hall)
  • Frustration in the Classroom: Doorway to Despair or Avenue to New Heights? (Pedagogical) โ€” Mr. Michael Staub, Memorial Lutheran Church and School, Houston, Texas (Daniels Lantern)
  • The Socratic Method in Platoโ€™s Dialogues (Pedagogical) โ€” Rev. Steven Cholak, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School, Houston, Texas (Commons)

Friday, October 3, 3:35โ€“4:25 p.m. โ€” Sectional Papers 4, 5


  • Christians Assert (Theological) โ€” Mrs. Jocelyn C. Benson, Wittenberg Academy (Luther Hall)
  • The Didascalicon of Hugh of St. Victor and Seminary Education (Pedagogical) โ€” Dr. Geoffrey Boyle, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana (Daniels Lantern)

Saturday, October 4, 8:00โ€“8:50 a.m. โ€” Sectional Papers 6, 7


  • Speaking the Truth in Love: The Urgent Need for Classical Lutheran Education (Apologetical) โ€” Mrs. Julia Habrecht, Our Savior Lutheran Church and School, Grand Rapids, Michigan (Luther Hall)
  • Education Is Political (Philosophical) โ€” Mr. Nathaniel Pullmann, Redeemer Lutheran Church and School, Fort Wayne, Indiana (Daniels Lantern)

Saturday, October 4, 11:00 a.m.โ€“12:15 p.m. โ€” Sectional Papers 8, 9


  • Lingua Latina Lutherana Vivens (Philosophical) โ€” Rev. Robert Paul, Memorial Lutheran Church and School, Houston, Texas (Luther Hall)
  • Faithful Fiction: The Importance of Teaching Heroic Virtue through Literature (Pedagogical) โ€” Mrs. Christy Rivers, Faith Lutheran Church and School, Plano, Texas (Daniels Lantern)

Saturday, October 4, 1:40โ€“2:55 p.m. โ€” Sectional Papers 10, 11, 12


  • Get Reading! Lutheran Orthodoxy on the Necessity of Voluntary and Extensive Reading (Pedagogical) โ€” Rev. Joshua Hayes, St. John Lutheran Church, Palmer, Kansas (Luther Hall)
  • Adding ร˜rberg, Collins, and Steadman to the Latin Teacherโ€™s Toolkit (Apologetical) โ€” Rev. Carl Roth, Grace Lutheran Church, Elgin, Texas (Daniels Lantern)
  • Translating Cavafyโ€™s Historic Poems into Latin: Some Grammatical Challenges (Philosophical) โ€” Dr. Christopher Synodinos, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts (Commons)

Location Information

  • Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne
  • 6600 N Clinton St., Fort Wayne, IN, 46825 US

LeeAnna Rondot

Community Services Director
Admin. Assistantโ€”Continuing Education
Phone: (260) 452-2204
Email: leeanna.rondot@ctsfw.edu

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