FYI from Leigh at Lunch 2-24-10

If you are interested in topics that came up during this week's show, here are a few links and tips from Leigh at Lunch on Blog Talk Radio 2/24/10, "Leigh for Lunch with Dr. Gene Edward Veith, Jr." (Click on the title to listen to the show archive now).

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Notes from today's show

Find out more about Patrick Henry College via their website. You can read Dr. Veith's blog, Cranach, at www.geneveith.com.

Classical Education, Dr. Veith's first book on the movement (with Andrew Kern), is available from the CiRCE Institute and on Amazon.

For an example of Christianity in the arts, check out examples of innovative poetry by George Herbert and G.M. Hopkins, as well as T.S. Eliot; the art of Rembrandt; and the music of Bach.

For a brief overview of the poetry featured in the Old Testament, see this article.

You can find You Are Not a Gadget by Jaron Lanier from Amazon, or see the review on Dr. Veith's blog.

God at Work is a book by Dr. Veith about the question of vocation. Its ideas are explored further by the Cranach Institute.

See Dr. Veith's review of Wittenberg, the play. The resulting conversation with the playwright is available here.

Dr. Veith is an occasional contributor to World Magazine and Tabletalk Magazine are available online.

The top 3 classic films Dr. Veith recommends are: Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and The Seventh Seal.