What happens when we teach science and math not just as technical subjects—but as opportunities for wonder, worship, and wisdom?
In this summer flashback episode, Davies Owens is joined by renowned classical educator Ravi Jain, co-author of The Liberal Arts Tradition and a leading voice in the recovery of classical science education. Too often, classical schools are seen as focused on the humanities, while math and science remain untouched by the classical tradition. But Ravi makes a compelling case for why recovering natural philosophy—the pursuit of truth in the created world—is vital to forming whole human beings.
From sketchbooks and pendulums to Pascal, Newton, and Galileo, this conversation explores how students can rediscover the beauty and order of God’s creation—and how science class can become a place of discovery, not just memorization.
🎧 Tune in to hear:
Why observation and wonder must be central to classical science
How integrated courses reveal the unity of knowledge
What it means to raise students who seek wisdom over utility
Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or school leader, this episode will reshape how you think about math, science, and the pursuit of knowledge.
Ravi Scott Jain is completing his doctorate in Philosophical Theology, at Oriel College, Oxford University, with a dissertation titled, “Whose Mathematics, Which World?” He coauthored The Liberal Arts Tradition (also in Chinese and Portuguese) and A New Natural Philosophy. His third book, The Enchanted Cosmos: Mathematics and the Logos who is Love (also in Chinese) due to be released in 2024, reveals how much of popularly held epistemology and metaphysics is transmitted through school mathematics. He has consulted with government and church leaders on education and spoken widely throughout America, Africa, China, and Europe. He learned to row (and punt!) at Oxford, competing for Oriel College in Summer Eights (and the more fun-loving punting cuppers). In his free time he enjoys relaxing with his family and friends, ideally by a fire or with a view of the mountains dropping into the sea. If he had any time to stop reading Augustine, Aquinas, and C.S Peirce, he would probably start reading a novel by Neal Stephenson or Dostoevsky (or writing one on the exciting events of the 12th century).
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