428: Postman - A great narrative... has sufficient credibility, complexity, and symbolic power to enable one to organize one's life around it

We Don't Need No Education. In this episode, we read The End of Education by Neal Postman, discussing the mechanisms of public education, religious catechesis, the influence of the Enlightenment and psychoanalysis on contemporary learning, and what happens when fiction replaces truth as the basis of meaning. This and much, much more on today's show! SHOW NOTES: The End of Education More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: 1517 Podcasts : 1517 on YouTube : 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts : 1517 Events Schedule : 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education : What's New from 1517: Being Family by Dr. Scott Keith The Essential Nestingen: Essays on Preaching, Catechism, and the Reformation Philip Melanchthon's Commentary on Ecclesiastes Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird More from the hosts: Donovan Riley Christopher Gillespie CONTACT and FOLLOW: Email mailto:BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter

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428: Postman - A great narrative... has sufficient credibility, complexity, and symbolic power to enable one to organize one's life around it is an episode from Banned Books by 1517 Legacy.

This episode is 02:51:52 long.

This episode was published on Feb 14, 2026.

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