Josh Pauling, Author at The Imaginative Conservative

About Josh Pauling

Joshua Pauling is a classical education tutor for upper-level high school students. He also runs his own business, making custom furniture and restoring vintage machinery. Mr. Pauling taught high school history for thirteen years and studied at Messiah College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Winthrop University. He has written for Areo Magazine, Forma Journal, Front Porch Republic, Mere Orthodoxy, Modern Reformation, Quillette, and Salvo Magazine.

Bridging the North-South Divide: Jonathan Edwards and James Thornwell

By Josh Pauling|2024-03-21T22:35:03-05:00March 21st, 2024|Categories: American Republic, American Revolution, Christianity, Civil War, History, Religion, South, Theology, Timeless Essays|

The narrative of a North-South divide in American History is a powerful, yet problematic one. However, closer metaphysical inspection of both regions uncovers a series of considerable similarities and ironic connections between the Puritans of New England fully embodied in Jonathan Edwards, and the Presbyterians of the Old South fully embodied in James Thornwell. Their [...]

Neil Postman’s Vision of Humane Education

By Josh Pauling|2021-04-24T08:09:06-05:00April 23rd, 2021|Categories: Education, Information Age, Liberal Learning, Neil Postman, Technology|

Whether it be in the context of public schools, private schools, home-centered education, co-ops, or learning pods, revisiting Neil Postman’s vision will help foster humane education in our Zoom World. It was nearly sixty years ago when famed media theorist Marshall McLuhan penned The Gutenburg Galaxy as “a series of historical observations” regarding the cultural [...]