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Posts tagged with: Orthodox Christian social thought

Life-Long Learners or Good Test-Takers? An Orthodox Christian Critique

posted by Dylan Pahman on Wednesday, December 26, 2012

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The video below of a second grade teacher in Providence, RI reading his letter of resignation has recently gone semi-viral with over 200,000 views on YouTube.

What I would like to offer here is an Orthodox Christian critique of the anthropological assumptions that separate this teacher from the “edu-crats,” as he terms them, who in his district so strongly championed standardized testing-oriented education at the exclusion of all other methods and aims. Read more on Life-Long Learners or Good Test-Takers? An Orthodox Christian Critique…

CFP: Orthodox Christian Economic Thought

posted by Dylan Pahman on Wednesday, August 31, 2011

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Since its inception, the Journal of Markets & Morality has encouraged critical engagement between the disciplines of moral theology and economics. In the past, the vast majority of our contributors have focused on Protestant and Roman Catholic social thought applied to economics, with a few significant exceptions. Among the traditions often underrepresented, Orthodox Christianity has received meager attention despite its ever-growing presence and ever-increasing interest in the West.

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