Starting October 29, and running for four consecutive Wednesdays, Dr. Jeremy Cowan will lead a class for the Maurin Academy on Wendell Berry’s classic, “The Art of the Commonplace.”
Wendell Berry’s work might be described as a preoccupation with the question: What does it mean to live well with the world? In The Art of the Commonplace, this age-old question is revisited for the modern reader with Berry’s characteristic wisdom. The book call on readers to live with greater intention—rooted in place, connected to one another, and attentive to the land.
Over four weeks, this Maurin Academy couse will explore eight of Berry’s most resonant essays, pairing his reflections on home, work, and faith with conversation about how these ideas might take shape in our own lives.
Learn more on the course page.
Course Schedule
- WEEK 1 – Grounding & Diagnosis: “Where Are We, and What’s Gone Wrong?”
- WEEK 2 – The Agrarian Vision: Re-Integration and Belonging
- WEEK 3 – Work, Economy, and Pleasure: Living the Vision
- WEEK 4 – Gift, Gratitude, and Action: Living as if the World Were Holy
How to Join
Join us either live or recorded for this great class by becoming a patron on the Maurin Academy’s Patreon!