{"product_id":"on-education-formation-citizenship-and-the-lost-purpose-of-learning-9781501326165","title":"On Education, Formation, Citizenship and the Lost Purpose of Learning","description":"\u003cp\u003eReading Augustine presents concise, personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religion scholars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe looming crisis in higher education appears to be a matter of soaring costs and crushing student debt, but the problem is actually much deeper. It is a crisis of soul; a question of the very purpose of learning and the type of people that our educational system produces. Today, in the age of academic hyper-specialization and professional knowledge, the moral and spiritual purposes of learning have been eclipsed by a shallow view of career and success. \u003ci\u003eOn Education, Formation, Citizenship, and the Lost Purpose of Learning \u003c\/i\u003eturns to the influential figure Augustine of Hippo to explore how he saved the liberal arts at the end of the Roman Empire and how his inspiring vision can do the same for higher education today. It offers a roadmap for reviving the soul of education - presenting concrete ways that the intellectual practices and economic enterprise of learning can lead once more to a fulfilled life of knowing God and loving others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Clair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Reading Augustine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501326165","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273960194185,"sku":"9781501326165","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_5dc0360c-5a37-4c94-90e5-888070256854.jpg?v=1736843541","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/on-education-formation-citizenship-and-the-lost-purpose-of-learning-9781501326165","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}