# 428: Postman - A great narrative... has sufficient credibility, complexity, and symbolic power to enable one to organize one's life around it

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Published: 2026-02-14T15:00:14+00:00
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## Resource

We Don't Need No Education. In this episode, we read The End of Education by Neal Postman, discussing the mechanisms of public education, religious catechesis, the influence of the Enlightenment and psychoanalysis on contemporary learning, and what happens when fiction replaces truth as the basis of meaning. This and much, much more on today's show! SHOW NOTES: The End of Education https://amzn.to/4qGylnd More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts : http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@1517org 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Events Schedule : https://www.1517.org/events 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education : https://academy.1517.org/ What's New from 1517: Being Family by Dr. Scott Keith https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419961-being-family The Essential Nestingen: Essays on Preaching, Catechism, and the Reformation https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419121-the-essential-nestingen Philip Melanchthon's Commentary on Ecclesiastes https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419299-philip-melanchthons-commentary-on-ecclesiastes Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419312-face-to-face Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird https://www.amazon.com/Untamed-Prayers-Devotions-Christ-Psalms/dp/1964419263 More from the hosts: Donovan Riley https://www.1517.org/contributors/donavon-riley Christopher Gillespie https://www.1517.org/contributors/christopher-gillespie CONTACT and FOLLOW: Email mailto:BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BannedBooksPod/ Twitter https://twitter.com/bannedbook…

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