Who We Are

Trinity Hall is an independent center of humane studies whose goal is to unite faith, people, and place. Our educational offerings seek to nurture local, multi-generational human formation together with healthy, place-based ways of living. We offer a variety of educational opportunities including accredited degree programs (A.A., B.A., and M.A.), seminars, lectures, discussion groups, and educational resources. Our educational model is based on a traditional Oxford tutorial approach to education. Trinity Hall is rooted in the Orthodox Christian Tradition and is open to all Christians who affirm the historical Apostles Creed.

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Our Commitment

• We understand education as the passing on of a way of life from one generation to the next and embrace the role of family, church, and local community in the stewarding of children and youth within the community from the early years into adulthood

• .We believe that education is normative in nature – there are those things which are true and normal and there are those things which are not. Our normative view of the world is grounded in a traditional Christian worldview.

• We believe that education should be in abundance and not scarce. Scarcity in education negatively results in the institutionalization of education, the unnecessary demand for credentialing in areas of study and work, increased distance from home for schooling opportunities, the fragmentation of families and communities, and excessive financial burdens, all of which become significant obstacles to meaningful and transformative educational opportunities.

• We believe that the heart and mind are the two axes around which human formation centers. Both the heart and mind must be cultivated in tandem with one another in harmony with the physical body.

• We believe that education should be appropriately scaled in number such that the learning experience is face-to-face, personal, and meaningfully formative.

• We hold steadfastly to being generous in our service to the community – people, creatures, and land – within which we ought to strive to know and love. As such, we should always begin with the question, “How do I make myself worthy of this place?” rather than “Is this place worthy of me?”

• We affirm technologies are not neutral tools whose use is determined solely by the user. Technologies, rather, can profoundly shape human behavior and thought. Consequently, we believe we should begin by asking what is good for the local community (people, creatures, and land) within which we live and adapt existing technologies in service to local community flourishing according to the gospel.

In summary, we affirm that education and human flourishing happen best through a way of living that is both incarnational (embodied face-to-face relationships) and multi-generational – rooted in place over time. At the same time, we also acknowledge the significant challenges within our culture to live out this way of living. Nevertheless, we firmly believe that Christians cannot concede their vision of human flourishing to any cultural vision that celebrates increased division, godlessnesss, and nihilism. To do so would be to live as people without hope. Rather, we must seek a life of integrity, unity, and wholeness the best we can and keep on doing it. Step by step, we are called to find creative means to live out the gospel each day in the place we live and in relationship to the entire local community.