Awakening the Quieter Virtues
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
Big, colorful virtues like courage and decisiveness in crisis easily get our attention. But sometimes it's those everyday values that shape us much more profoundly.
Lost in our noisy, flashy, gaudy world are the quiet virtues that work behind the scenes--molding our character, guiding our actions, enriching our lives. Greg Spencer unfolds the beauty and nature of each, showing us how to take notice of discernment, innocence, generosity, authenticity and more.
In this book you'll discover how far from being dull these quieter virtues actually are. Though often hidden, they play a formative role in who we become and what we do.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Virtue studies, and advocacy for the virtues, have deep roots in the Christian tradition. But in this volume, Spencer, a professor at Westmont College and author of A Heart for Truth, tries to take a fresh approach to the topic. His focus is on "offshoots" of the traditional virtues, including innocence, discernment, authenticity, modesty, generosity, contentment, and reverence. In a culture in which, argues the author, noisnd relativism, and technology threaten to overwhelm us, those "quieter virtues" may require a brave response. "We are to be fearless adventurers not fearful tightrope walkers," he writes. While he is solidly moored in the foundations of evangelical theology, Spencer takes a less didactic approach and is willing to engage questions around social justice and the effect of new media on Christian behavior. Those features may make this book appeal to a wider spectrum of readers. Discussion questions are helpful for either individual readers or for group study.
