A collection of essays composed during the Obama presidency on politics, theology, art, and education. Social and political critique, pastoral philosophy, postmodern theology, deschooling, art, and folk phenomenology: Rocha's essays in Tell Them Something Beautiful cover a range of topics and ideas, held together by his literary style and integrated point of view.
Sam Rocha is an academic, author, and musician. His interests involve and revolve--and evolve--around philosophy, music, and religion. He is an assistant professor of philosophy of education at the University of British Columbia, a blogger at "Patheos Catholic," book reviews editor for
Studies in Philosophy and Education, and a section editor for
Syndicate Theology. His most recent book is
A Primer for Philosophy and Education (Cascade Books, 2014) and two more are forthcoming in 2015 and 2016:
Folk Phenomenology: Education, Study, and the Human Person (Pickwick Publications) and A
Phenomenology of the Poor: An Introduction to Ivan Illich (Cascade Books). Rocha has also released an EP and LP: Freedom for Love (2011) and Late to Love (2014).
Click on 2015 awards to see the American Educational Studies Association Award to Sam Rocha