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A Christian Education in the Virtues.

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dc.contributor.author Arthur, James
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-30T15:06:50Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-30T15:06:50Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.citation DOI: 10.4324/9781003141877 en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-1-003-14187-7 (ebk
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/745
dc.description book; 201 p. en_US
dc.description.abstract A Christian Education in the Virtues examines the connection between human nature and human flourishing. It draws on ancient and medieval sources to explore the formation of the person based on a Christian anthropology, emphasising the communal nature of the virtuous life, and provides a richer approach to the question of contemporary character education. The book argues that the only way to understand and construct our character virtues is to have a clear picture of what is the purpose and meaning of human life. It highlights the importance of engaging with moral issues and makes the case that, for Christian educators, human flourishing is inseparable from God’s active relationship to human beings. The book also explores a teleological approach to character education goals. To educate the whole person in the light of an all-embracing Christian worldview is challenged by secular and liberal ideology and is often seen as irrational to the modern mind. Overall, the text seeks to demonstrate that many aspects of a Neo-Aristotelian-Thomist theoretical underpinning for Christian character education holds out a viable option for Christians. It therefore argues the case for the educational potential of Christian character education. This important book will be essential reading for academics, researchers and students in the fields of character and virtue education, religious education and the philosophy of education. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Routledge, Taylor & Francis en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Routledge Research in Character and Virtue Education;
dc.subject Christian education en_US
dc.subject Character formation en_US
dc.subject Human flourishing en_US
dc.title A Christian Education in the Virtues. en_US
dc.title.alternative Character Formation and Human Flourishing. en_US
dc.type Book en_US


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