Recorded HS

J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit

Professor Pearce unlocks, in two six-week courses, the Catholic meaning of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (see the Lord of the Rings class with Professor Pearce for a follow-up course).

Live HS

C.S. Lewis and The Screwtape Letters

Register for this course early as we expect it to fill and close! Lewis’ imaginative explications of the conditions of Hell and our sinful “thoughts” are the best of their kind in the last 700 years!

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The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings for High School, Part One

Dive into what some call the greatest books of the 20th century -- JRR Tolkien's masterpieces of epic fiction: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Click and enjoy in-depth examination, analysis, and meaning for the believer, in this two-part literature series for high school students.

Live HS

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings for High School, Part One

Dive into what some call the greatest books of the 20th century -- JRR Tolkien's masterpieces of epic fiction: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Enjoy in-depth examination, analysis, and meaning for the believer, in this two-part literature series for high school students.

Live HS

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings for High School, Part Two

Continue learning JRR Tolkien's masterpieces of epic fiction: The Lord of the Rings -- with in-depth examination, analysis, and meaning for the believer -- where you can learn the saga, the symbols, and heroism that inspires us.

Recorded HS

G.K. Chesterton and The Man Who Was Thursday

In this startlingly original book, even as Chesterton defends the need for a conservative and humane order, he is the poet of a God wildly beyond our most soaring imaginations. Sign up today and learn why Chesterton is considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.

Live HS

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Explore one of Shakespeare’s greatest and most controversial plays alongside Professor Pearce, the author of three books on Shakespeare and editor of the Ignatius Critical Edition of The Merchant of Venice. In six classes, you will learn about Shakespeare’s life and Catholicism as well as grappling with the questions the play asks about choice, justice, and joy.

Live HS

The Scarlet Letter

Sign up for this American literature course with Dr. Russell and learn why this novel is not a condemnation of Puritan intolerance, but rather of the destructive and bigoted God-playing of Hester and her countless American imitators.

Recorded HS

The Scarlet Letter & Nathaniel Hawthorne (American Classics Series)

Two main streams of thought shape the great American novels: one is the fervor of Christianity, the other is the skeptical Deism popularized in the 18th century. This novel is not a condemnation of Puritan intolerance, but rather of the destructive and bigoted God-playing of Hester and her countless American imitators.