Back to Virtue - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Back to Virtue write by Peter Kreeft. This book was released on 2009-10-27. Back to Virtue available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "We have reduced all virtues to one: being nice. And, we measure Jesus by our standard instead of measuring our standard by Him." For the Christian, explains author Peter Kreeft, being virtuous is not a means to the end of pleasure, comfort and happiness. Virtue, he reminds us, is a word that means "manly strength." But how do we know when we are being meek--or just cowardly? When is our anger righteous--and when is it a sin? What is the difference between being virtuous--and merely ethical? Back to Virtue clears up these and countless other questions that beset Christians today. Kreeft not only summarizes scriptural and theological wisdom on leading a holy life, he contrasts Christian virtue with other ethical systems. He applies traditional moral theology to present-day dilemmas such as abortion and nuclear armament. Kreeft restores to us what was once common knowledge: the Seven Deadly Sins have an antidote in the Beatitudes. By setting up a close contrast between the two sets of behaviors, Kreeft offers proven guidance in the often bewildering process of discerning right from wrong as we move into the questionable mores of the twenty-first century. He provides a road map of virtue, a map for our earthly pilgrimage synthesized from the accumulated wisdom of centuries of Christians, from Paul and the early Church Fathers through C.S. Lewis.
Reclaiming Virtue
Reclaiming Virtue - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reclaiming Virtue write by John Bradshaw. This book was released on 2009. Reclaiming Virtue available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The best-selling author of Creating Love sets out to redefine what it means to live a moral life in today's world by helping readers reclaim and cultivate their inborn moral intelligence by developing one's instincts for goodness in childhood and nurturing them through one's adult life to promote good character and moral responsibility.
A Return to Virtue
A Return to Virtue - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Return to Virtue write by Elaine Schwartz Dalton. This book was released on 2011. A Return to Virtue available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Return to Modesty
A Return to Modesty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Return to Modesty write by Wendy Shalit. This book was released on 2014-05-20. A Return to Modesty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Updated with a new introduction, this fifteenth anniversary edition of A Return to Modesty reignites Wendy Shalit’s controversial claim that we have lost our respect for an essential virtue: modesty. When A Return to Modesty was first published in 1999, its argument launched a worldwide discussion about the possibility of innocence and romantic idealism. Wendy Shalit was the first to systematically critique the "hook-up" scene and outline the harms of making sexuality so public. Today, with social media increasingly blurring the line between public and private life, and with child exploitation on the rise, the concept of modesty is more relevant than ever. Updated with a new preface that addresses the unique problems facing society now, A Return to Modesty shows why "the lost virtue" of modesty is not a hang-up that we should set out to cure, but rather a wonderful instinct to be celebrated. A Return to Modesty is a deeply personal account as well as a fascinating intellectual exploration into everything from seventeenth-century manners to the 1948 tune "Baby, It’s Cold Outside." Beholden neither to social conservatives nor to feminists, Shalit reminds us that modesty is not prudery, but a natural instinct—and one that may be able to save us from ourselves.
The Virtue Driven Life
The Virtue Driven Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Virtue Driven Life write by Benedict Groeschel. This book was released on 2006-09-22. The Virtue Driven Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since when is being called "virtuous" an insult? It's a word that has gotten a bad rap, misused and misunderstood even by great thinkers, philosophers, and theologians, and mocked in the cynical sound bites of the media. Rediscover virtue as it should be understood in our lives. With wit, warmth, and wisdom, Father Groeschel reintroduces the seven virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance, faith, hope, and charity. One by one he makes them meaningful for modern men and women, shaking off the dusty mantle of pretentiousness and demonstrating how each has a real role in a whole and holy life. Father Groeschel's charming conversational style entertains even as he educates and challenges us. History, politics, an advertisement, the neighbor down the street ... all are reference points for Father Groeschel as he explores the meaning of each virtue for Christians today. By the end of the book, you will understand that being labeled virtuous is the ultimate compliment!
