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Author: Richard Briggs
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 080103843X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An expert in biblical interpretation explores "interpretive virtue" and examines five ways the Old Testament seeks to shape its readers.
Author: Karen Swallow Prior
Publisher: Brazos Press
Published: 2018-09-04
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1493415468
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →★ Publishers Weekly starred review A Best Book of 2018 in Religion, Publishers Weekly Reading great literature well has the power to cultivate virtue, says acclaimed author Karen Swallow Prior. In this book, she takes readers on a guided tour through works of great literature both ancient and modern, exploring twelve virtues that philosophers and theologians throughout history have identified as most essential for good character and the good life. Covering authors from Henry Fielding to Cormac McCarthy, Jane Austen to George Saunders, and Flannery O'Connor to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Prior explores some of the most compelling universal themes found in the pages of classic books, helping readers learn to love life, literature, and God through their encounters with great writing. The book includes end-of-chapter reflection questions geared toward book club discussions, original artwork throughout, and a foreword by Leland Ryken. The hardcover edition was named a Best Book of 2018 in Religion by Publishers Weekly. "[A] lively treatise on building character through books.'"--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Author: Aemilia Lanyer
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780195083613
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Aemilia Lanyer (1569-1645) was the first woman poet in England who sought status as a professional writer. Her book of poems is dedicated entirely to women patrons. It offers a long poem on Christ's passion, told entirely from a woman's point of view, as well as the first country house poem published in England. Almost completely neglected until very recently, her work changes our perspective on Jacobean poetry and contradicts the common assumption that women wrote nothing of serious interest until much later. Mistress and friend of influential Elizabethan courtiers, Lanyer gives us a glimpse of the ideas and aspirations of a talented middle class Renaissance woman.
Author: Kaye Gibbons
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 1997-01-12
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 1565127005
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Two unforgettable characters, Jack Ernest Stokes, known as Blinking Jack, and his wife, Ruby Pitt Woodrow Stokes, tell the story of their years together. Jack was forty and Ruby only twenty when they were married. For twenty-five years they lived together, man and wife, until Ruby died of lung cancer. A LITERARY GUILD AND DOUBLEDAY BOOK CLUB selection.
Author: Nancy Wilson
Publisher: Canon Press & Book Service
Published: 2016-02-02
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 1591281954
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Nancy Wilson has been a pastor's wife for forty years, and in this book she walks through fourteen biblical virtues to help women of all ages actively pursue fruitfulness in the knowledge of Christ. This book highlights what the Bible has to say about a Christian woman's highest duty, what it looks like to be a leading woman in one's community, and what it means to pursue virtue when everyone else thinks it's no longer important. This encouraging little book includes application questions and assignments which should both challenge individuals and give groups much food for thought.
Author: Mitchell Kalpakgian
Publisher: Crossroad
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780824526559
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Perceptive and charming, this consideration provides insightful new meanings gleaned from classic works of literature. From immortal characters such as Don Quixote and Huckleberry Finn to revered writers who include Robert Frost and William Shakespeare, ethical qualities are lauded for their contemporary relevance and importance in today's world. With eloquent prose, the virtuous aspects of popular, fictitious characters are discovered--creating an excitement for wholesome traits and a joy of literature. Readers of faith will especially delight in the spiritual affirmations resonating within beloved masterworks from history's great minds.
Author: Patricia Vesely
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-03-28
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1108476473
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examines friendship as a moral category in the Book of Job through an Aristotelian virtue ethics perspective.
Author: Cindy L. Vitto
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780871697950
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For pious Christians of every age, the question of ultimate concern has been salvation: What is necessary to ensure the soul's eternal bliss? During the Middle Ages, within the Church itself, the guidelines were clear: baptism, reception of the sacraments, an attempt to put into practice the teachings of Christ. But a theological debate arose on the possibility of salvation for those outside the Church, who fell into two basic categories: those who had been offered the Christian faith but had refused it, & those who, for reasons of chronology or geography, lacked the opportunity to join the Church but lived as virtuously as possible. Two categories of these "virtuous pagans" who received special attention were the classical poets & philosophers of Greece & Rome, & the Old Testament patriarchs. From the standpoint of human reason, it seemed especially unfortunate that these two groups should be damned eternally. This study discusses the theological background of this issue; the Virtuous Pagan in legend & in Dante; St. Erkenwald's Harrowing of Hell; & "Piers Plowman": Issues in Salvation & the Harrowing as Thematic Climax.
Author: William J. Bennett
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2010-05-11
Total Pages: 1917
ISBN-13: 1439126259
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits as essentials of good character. In order for our children to develop such traits, we have to offer them examples of good and bad, right and wrong. And the best places to find them are in great works of literature and exemplary stories from history. William J. Bennett has collected hundreds of stories in The Book of Virtues, an instructive and inspiring anthology that will help children understand and develop character -- and help adults teach them. From the Bible to American history, from Greek mythology to English poetry, from fairy tales to modern fiction, these stories are a rich mine of moral literacy, a reliable moral reference point that will help anchor our children and ourselves in our culture, our history, and our traditions -- the sources of the ideals by which we wish to live our lives. Complete with instructive introductions and notes, The Book of Virtues is a book the whole family can read and enjoy -- and learn from -- together.
Author: Joshua Gibbs
Publisher:
Published: 2018-07-15
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780999146637
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