Back to Virtue by Peter Kreeft
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.Peter Kreeft is a philosophy professor at Boston College and the author of numerous publications in philosophy and theology, including St. An Ocean Full of Angels, Socratic Logic, The Philosophy of Jesus, Jesus-Shock, The Sea Inside, I Surf Therefore I Am, If Einstein Had Been a Surfer, and Summa Philosophica are among the titles published by Augustine's Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780898704228 |
| ISBN 10 | 0898704227 |
| Title | Back to Virtue |
| Author | Peter Kreeft |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ignatius Press |
| Year published | 1990-11-30 |
| Number of pages | 195 |
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