WHAT ARE THE LIBERATING ARTS? -- Practical matters / the editors -- Amid the ruins / David Henreckson -- AREN'T THE LIBERAL ARTS A WASTE OF TIME? -- Practicing the liberal arts in prison / Sean Sword -- What is time for? / Zena Hitz -- On the road with Marilynne Robinson / David Henreckson -- AREN'T THE LIBERAL ARTS ELITIST? -- The Odyssey project / Emily Auerbach -- A history of liberation / Brandon McCoy -- The Catherine project / Zena Hitz -- AREN'T THE LIBERAL ARTS LIBERAL? -- Respecting reality / Anne Snyder -- Truth U, Justice U, Jesus U / Joseph Clair -- Elite education for the rest of us / John Mark Reynolds -- AREN'T THE LIBERAL ARTS RACIST? -- Nyansa Classical Community / Angel Adams Parham -- An expansive collection / Angel Adams Parham -- How to fight over the canon / Jonathan Tran -- AREN'T THE LIBERAL ARTS OUTDATED? -- Tradition fuels innovation / L. Gregory Jones -- The liberating potential of knowing the past / Jeffrey Bilbro -- Science as a human tradition / Becky L. Eggimann -- AREN'T THE LIBERAL ARTS OUT OF TOUCH? -- Art matters / Steve Prince -- A richer sense of relevance / Noah Toly -- Stories and severed selves / Erin Shaw -- AREN'T LIBERAL ARTS DEGREES UNMARKETABLE? -- Why engineers need the liberal arts / David Hsu -- Forming better professionals and leaders / Rachel B. Griffis -- Why liberal arts matter in hiring / Don Eben -- AREN'T THE LIBERAL ARTS A LUXURY? -- Remembering a mentor / Margarita Mooney Clayton -- Liberating the least of these / Brad East -- Liberation from lonely suffering and death / Lydia S. Dugdale -- AREN'T THE LIBERAL ARTS JUST FOR SMART PEOPLE? -- Lyceums : places to think with neighbors / Nathan Beacom -- Liberal learning for all / Jessica Hooten Wilson -- Small magazines as educational communities / Peter Mommsen.