Narnian Virtues : Building Good Character with C.S. Lewis - Building Good Character with C.S. Lewis

In this engaging and practical book Mark Pike and Thomas Lickona showhow C.S. Lewis'' wisdom for nurturing good character, and his much-loved Chroniclesof Narnia, inspire us to virtue. Drawing upon the Judeo-Christian virtuesof faith, hope and love and ''Narnian'' virtues such as courage, integrity andwisdom, they present an approach to contemporary character education validatedby recent research. An introduction to C. S. Lewis'' thought on character andfaith is followed by practical examples of how to use well-known passages fromthe Narnia novels as a stimulus for rich character development at home and inthe classroom.