Most people care about education, but those who are not committed Catholics are likely to take a very different view from the Church when it comes to defining the stages and setting of education. In this interview, R. Jared Staudt explain the books that he believes will help us understand the nature and situation of Catholic education.
Dr. R. Jared Staudt specializes in systematic theology, the evangelization of culture, catechesis, Catholic education, Church history, and Thomas Aquinas. He has taught at the Augustine Institute since 2009, teaching part-time since 2014. He has also served as the director of the Catholic Studies Program at the University of Mary, director of religious education in two parishes, co-founder of two high schools, as associate superintendent for Mission and Formation at the Archdiocese of Denver. He is currently Director of Content for Exodus 90, a ninety-day spiritual exercise for men.
Dr. Staudt's books include The Priority of God: The Virtue of Religion in Catholic Theology (Emmaus Academic), Restoring Humanity: Essays on the Evangelization of Culture (Divine Providence, 2020), Renewing Catholic Schools: How to Regain a Catholic Vision in a Secular Age (editor, Catholic Education Press, 2020), The Beer Option: Brewing a Catholic Culture Yesterday & Today (Angelico, 2018), and How the Eucharist Can Save Civilization (TAN Books).
His recommended books on Catholic education are:
- A Reason Open to God: On Universities, Education, and Culture by Pope Benedict XVI
- The Crisis of Western Education by Christopher Dawson
- John Senior and the Restoration of Realism by Francis Bethel OSB
- Beauty for Truth's Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education by Stratford Caldecott
- Renewing the Mind: A Reader in the Philosophy of Catholic Education by Michael Gross
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