Josh Herring

Raleigh

Professor of Classical Education at Thales College, PhD from Faulkner University in Humanities with concentration in Literature, and podcaster.

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Articles

MMA Master Playlist '24

2 weeks ago | modernmusicanalysis.ghost.io | Josh Herring

Audio Want a taste of every single album Modern Music Analysis covered in 2024? Look no further than the MMA Master Playlist ’24! Every genre imaginable is present in these 19.5 hours of music totaling 329 songs. Check it out below to get the full scope on the coverage we provide at MMA:
4/20 Friendly Newsletter

2 weeks ago | modernmusicanalysis.ghost.io | Josh Herring

Back again with the newsletter except this time I’m late accidentally on purpose. We’ll have the usual roundup for you, along with some “Earth Day” friendly music selections! First up, and perhaps most prominently, Lana Del Ray has released two singles leading up to what is an assumed album yet to be revealed. Yegor Mirnov has covered both in the past week or so. It looks to be that Lana has a new style and has introduced this era in varying efficiencies. Though, both songs rank well for Yegor.
The Crux by Djo | Album Review

2 weeks ago | modernmusicanalysis.ghost.io | Josh Herring

With the recent viral success of Djo’s last album, and the sparse releases of hit TV show Stranger Things, my excitement around this album grew significantly when I heard it was coming. DECIDE, released in 2022 (an already incredible year of music), was one of my favorite albums of that year and still hits the spot when I’m looking for some weird electro-grit synth soft rock.
Feminists Against the Sexual Revolution

1 month ago | rlo.acton.org | Josh Herring

Late modernity has inherited a revolutionary spirit, and sex is the easiest place to see that spirit and its costs. The harms of the Sexual Revolution are rampant: Dating culture has collapsed; hookup culture is unsatisfying; the decline in marriage and birth rates have become a rallying cry for policymakers and conservatives alike.
The Matrix or Lord of the Rings. Choose Wisely.

Jan 29, 2025 | rlo.acton.org | Josh Herring

Is life worth living? Are the forms of Western life conducive to happiness? These questions are best asked in the form of a novel, and raising such questions is Michel Houellebecq’s strength. Annihilation, published in French in 2022 and translated into English in 2024, leaves the reader with the conviction that answers must be found.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: New Christmas Classic?

Dec 16, 2024 | rlo.acton.org | Josh Herring

For at least 20 years, Christian leaders have made the same argument: Culture is shaped by movies; movies are secular and immoral; therefore, making Christian movies will move culture toward Christ. As a syllogism, it’s not bad. The problem has not been with reason, but with execution. Facing the Giants, God’s Not Dead I–IV, and both Left Behind movies were typical “Christian movies.” In other word, generally terrible.
A Confessions for the 21st Century

Nov 24, 2024 | acton.org | Josh Herring

In Truth and Method, German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer introduces a theory of horizons to explain the way translation mediates distance in time. The author writes his work from a given moment in time; he sees the world a certain way. He publishes his book, and if he writes well his work survives and moves forward in time. The reader encounters that work from a far later moment in time. The distance that meaning must travel, Gadamer argues, is why the great books require constant retranslation.
Put Children First

Sep 23, 2024 | rlo.acton.org | Josh Herring

Civilization transmits culture from one generation to the next, and so must be concerned with children. Education, law, the peaceful transfer of power—these civilizational elements developed over the centuries to foster the creation of children and create the space for them to grow into their inheritance.
Christian Classical Schools Deserve A Hymnody As Good As Their Grammar And History

Aug 22, 2024 | conservativereview.com | Josh Herring
A New Hymnody For Christian Classical Schools

Aug 22, 2024 | thefederalist.com | Josh Herring

The classical schooling movement has become a source of retrieval, revival even, of so many sources of knowledge and human flourishing abandoned by modernity. The classical Christian school can also renew the rich Christian heritage and vitality of hymn singing. To that end, Preston Atwood’s just published hymnal, Cantate Domino: A Liturgical Songbook for Classical Christian Schools, shows how hymnody is of great educational benefit.