Tending The Heart Of Virtue
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Tending The Heart Of Virtue How Classic Stories Awaken A Childs Moral Imagination
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Author : Vigen Guroian
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2002-01-14
Tending The Heart Of Virtue How Classic Stories Awaken A Childs Moral Imagination written by Vigen Guroian and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-14 with Education categories.
As the popularity of William Bennetts Book of Virtues attests, parents are turning more and more to childrens literature to help instill values in their kids. Now, in this elegantly written and passionate book, Vigen Guroian provides the perfect complement to books such as Bennetts, offering parents and teachers a much-needed roadmap to some of our finest childrens stories. Guroian illuminates the complex ways in which fairy tales and fantasies educate the moral imagination from earliest childhood. Examining a wide range of stories--from Pinocchio and The Little Mermaid to Charlottes Web, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Wind in the Willows, and the Chronicles of Narnia--he argues that these tales capture the meaning of morality through vivid depictions of the struggle between good and evil, in which characters must make difficult choices between right and wrong, or heroes and villains contest the very fate of imaginary worlds. Character and the virtues are depicted compellingly in these stories; the virtues glimmer as if in a looking glass, and wickedness and deception are unmasked of their pretensions to goodness and truth. We are made to face the unvarnished truth about ourselves, and what kind of people we want to be. Throughout, Guroian highlights the classical moral virtues such as courage, goodness, and honesty, especially as they are understood in traditional Christianity. At the same time, he so persuasively evokes the enduring charm of these familiar works that many readers will be inspired to reread their favorites and explore those they may have missed.
Tending The Heart Of Virtue
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language : en
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Release Date : 1998
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Tending The Heart Of Virtue
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Author : Vigen Guroian
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Tending The Heart Of Virtue written by Vigen Guroian and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Children categories.
"Children are vitally concerned with distinguishing good from evil and truth from falsehood. This need to make moral distinctions is a gift, a grace that human beings are given at the start of their lives. Of course, we mustn't mistake this grace for complete innocence. Children are not pure innocents, as every new parent quickly discovers. The guile of even the smallest child can make one wonder: "Where did she learn that?" Becoming a responsible human being is a path filled with potholes and visited constantly by temptations. Children need guidance and moral road maps, and they benefit immensely from the example of adults who speak truthfully and with moral strength. Our society is finding it difficult to meet these needs of children. Some well-meaning educators and parents want to drive the passion for moral clarity out of children rather than use it to the advantage of shaping their character. We want children to be tolerant, and we sometimes seem to think that a too sure sense of right and wrong only produces fanatics. Perhaps we have become so resigned to flailing about in the culture's murky waters of moral compromise and ethical obscurantism that it is hard for us to imagine other possibilities for our children. I was no exception as a young parent, and I sometimes fall into similar habits as a grandparent. I find myself doing what I often criticize in others, nervously rationalizing my laziness or unwillingness to cultivate conscience and moral sense in my grandchildren. Mostly, we all fall back on the excuse that we are respecting our children's freedom by permitting them to determine right from wrong and to choose for themselves clear goals of moral living. But this is the paean of a false freedom that pays misdirected tribute to a deeply flawed notion of individual autonomy. We end up forfeiting our parental authority and failing to be mentors to our children in the moral life. This, I fear, is the actual state of things"--
The Heart Of Virtue
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Author : Donald DeMarco
language : en
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Release Date : 1996
The Heart Of Virtue written by Donald DeMarco and has been published by Ignatius Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Religion categories.
The Heart of Virtue brings to life in an inspirational and memorable way what is at the core of every true moral virtue, namely, love. It presents twenty-eight different virtues, and reveals, through stories that personify these virtues, how love is expressed through care, courage, compassion, faith, hope, justice, prudence, temperance, wisdom, etc... It is a treatment of virtue that is both unique and original. It is unique in that twenty-eight distinct virtues are both illustrated in story form and explained through philosophical analysis. It is original in that many of the stories have never before appeared in print. The Heart of Virtue is a veritable liberal education in itself, bringing together in a carefully balanced and readable manner, distinguished personalities from diverse enterprises and periods of history. It literally sparkles with celebrities recruited from science and the arts, philosophy and theology, medicine and religion, stage and screen, sports and entertainment. But the book does not ignore the relatively unknown who provide several human interest stories that are both moving and unforgettable. The reader will be both astonished and edified by the determination of Winston Churchill, the compassion of Simone Weil, the courage of Edith Piaf, the humility of Charles Steinmetz, the patience of Walker Percy, the modesty of Flannery O'Connor, and the integrity of Jacques and Raissa Maritain.
Inheriting Paradise
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Author : Vigen Guroian
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 1999-04-14
Inheriting Paradise written by Vigen Guroian and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04-14 with Gardening categories.
The garden is a personal place of retreat and delight and labor for many people. Gardening helps us collect ourselves, much as praying does. For rich and poor -- it makes no difference -- a garden is a place where body and soul are in harmony. In Inheriting Paradise Vigen Guroian offers an abundant vision of the spiritual life found in the cultivation of God's good creation. Capturing the earthiness and sacramental character of the Christian faith, these uplifting meditations bring together the experience of space and time through the cycle of the seasons in the garden and relate this fundamental human experience to the cycle of the church year and the Christian seasons of grace. The tilling of fresh earth; the sowing of seeds; the harvesting of rhubarb and roses, dillweed and daffodils--Guroian finds in the garden our most concrete connection with life and God's gracious giving. His personal reflections on this connection, complemented here by delicate woodcut illustrations, offer a compelling entry into Christian spirituality.
The Fragrance Of God
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Author : Professor of Religious Studies Vigen Guroian
language : en
Publisher: Darton Longman and Todd
Release Date : 2007-01-01
The Fragrance Of God written by Professor of Religious Studies Vigen Guroian and has been published by Darton Longman and Todd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with God categories.
In these beautifully written meditations, Vigen Guroian chronicles the course of his life, as he and his family move to a new home. Leaving the old garden behind and cultivating a new one becomes an emblem of our journey through life, marked as it is by both bitter losses and sweet new blessings. While deeply personal, The Fragrance of God vividly unfolds the great biblical themes of the grandeur of God’s creation, the senses as ‘paths’ to experiencing God, and the garden as a place of birth, death and renewal. Enriched by literary references and quotations from the church fathers, these spiritual insights will lead readers down a path of deeper understanding into creation and the Creator.
After Virtue
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Author : Alasdair MacIntyre
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-10-21
After Virtue written by Alasdair MacIntyre and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-21 with Philosophy categories.
Highly controversial when it was first published in 1981, Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue has since established itself as a landmark work in contemporary moral philosophy. In this book, MacIntyre sought to address a crisis in moral language that he traced back to a European Enlightenment that had made the formulation of moral principles increasingly difficult. In the search for a way out of this impasse, MacIntyre returns to an earlier strand of ethical thinking, that of Aristotle, who emphasised the importance of 'virtue' to the ethical life. More than thirty years after its original publication, After Virtue remains a work that is impossible to ignore for anyone interested in our understanding of ethics and morality today.
Technology And The Virtues
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Author : Shannon Vallor
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Technology And The Virtues written by Shannon Vallor and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Philosophy categories.
New technologies from artificial intelligence to drones, and biomedical enhancement make the future of the human family increasingly hard to predict and protect. This book explores how the philosophical tradition of virtue ethics can help us to cultivate the moral wisdom we need to live wisely and well with emerging technologies.
A Chorus Of Faith
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Author : Carrie Frederick Frost
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2025-03-10
A Chorus Of Faith written by Carrie Frederick Frost and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-10 with Religion categories.
In honor of his career—his teaching and his scholarship—and his wide influence, among both scholars and nonacademic audiences, comes this Festschrift for Orthodox Christian theologian and ethicist Vigen Guroian. Guroian’s depth and breadth are unique; he has made singular contributions to the fields of ethics and theology as well as composed popular works on gardening. He has compared Christian West and East in an irenic and illuminating fashion. He has engaged with political theology as well as with the greats of children’s literature. To aptly honor Guroian, this Festschrift includes both personal remembrances and topical reflections within the various fields he has influenced.
The Illustrated Book Of Fairy Tales
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Release Date : 1997
The Illustrated Book Of Fairy Tales written by and has been published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Fiction categories.
A multicultural collection of traditional tales from Europe, Asia, Australia, and North and South America.