About this title: Kreeft issues a clear call to all Christians to get back to their active pursuit of real virtue in their daily lives. This in-depth analysis of the meaning of the virtues and their connection with the Beatitudes also summarizes a scriptural and theological wisdom on leading a holy lie. Includes the accumulated wisdom of St. Paul, C.S. Lewis, and many others.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ignatius Pr
Date Published: 1992-06-01
ISBN-13:9780898704228ISBN:0898704227
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Date Published: 1992
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ignatius Press, San Francisco, California
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780898704228ISBN:0898704227
Description: Fine in softcover. 21 by 14 cm. 195 pages. Gift quality book. Trade size. Foreword by Russell Kirk. Illustrated cover. Bright, clean. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780898704228ISBN:0898704227
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ignatius Pr
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780898704228ISBN:0898704227
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: IGNATIUS PR
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780898704228ISBN:0898704227
Description: New. Kreeft issues a clear call to all Christians to get back to their active pursuit of real virtue in their daily lives. This in-depth analysis of the meaning of the virtues and their connection with the Beatitudes also summarizes a scriptural and theol... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ignatius Press, San Francisco
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780898704228ISBN:0898704227
Description: New. 195 pages. "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 ... read more
"This is one of the best books I've read to understand the value of virtue. To the average American, virtue has little value and is a "sweet" but old concept. The truth is much more complex and worthy than a first glance would suggest and this book spells out those ideas."
"Book group book...reads like notes from a Philosophy 101 lecture series. Lots of sweeping generalizations, very little support for them. Some nice tables outlining key points in ethical history, though again little explanation for some of the categories. Nice exposition on some of the virtues/beatitudes, like mercy.
Written in the 1980s as if nuclear war is an imminent threat, so it feels outdated.
And the bits about women are hopelessly outdated, even offensive, as he writes about submissiveness. Here's what would have made me throw the book across the room, except I was in a public space: "Women are not weaker. But they are more submissive. The physical fact that a woman is on the receiving end in intercourse, coupled with the fact that the physical is the image of the spiritual (unless we are ghosts in machines rather than psychosomatic unities), leads logically to the conclusion that a woman's spirit, like her body, is by nature more submissive than a man's....(and he goes on to say that submissiveness is not a sign of weakness, because Jesus was submissive...) (p. 141)"
"Not my favorite Kreeft book, I think he is most at home in philosophy. That said, I still really enjoyed this one. It's good timing that the Catholic Church just came out with 7 Modern Deadly Sins, though I think all sins are deadly(some are just more obvious to us as such) Virtue is a wonderful and romantic concept, which gets laughed at and or seen as impossible too often today. It's a serious defense of the word and how it needs to be attempted, especially in the modern day, in which vices can cause more devastation than ever before. Of course I love that he defends its practice and does so through Scripture, holding up Love, Grace, Life and God. Not bad at all."
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