“Nice” is not an English word used in any serious Bible translation and “being nice” is certainly not a biblical virtue. Although its close cousin,...
Tag: virtue
A Marginalized but Important Christian Virtue: Especially for Christian Scholars – Part 1
One virtue that briefly made headlines a few months ago is rarely discussed today. At least, I rarely hear of it talked about as a virtue or placed...
Avoiding the Academic Tendency to Generalize about Virtue: Why Virtue Education Must Be Specific, Part 1
Between 1928 and 1930, Hugh Hartshorne and Mark May published a series of famous studies about character that would set back the study of virtue for...
The police must call a halt to virtue signalling and return to fighting crime
The Home Secretary's no-nonsense order to the police is to be welcomed.
Virtue Theory without God and God’s Revelation Is Never Enough: Jonathan Edwards vs Thomas Clap
In 1765 two early presidents of American colonial colleges made their last ethical stands in the form of two published writings. In many respects,...
Brightening the Prospects of Virtue Ethics in Business: Reflections from Theology
Virtue ethics has made impressive inroads into the business academy. However, the prospects of the development of virtues in the actual practice of...
A Biblical Perspective on Wisdom and the Way of the Firm: Biblical Virtue and Strategic Orientations
Over the past two decades, the Faith & Work movement has highlighted the potential impact of Christians in business when they serve and work...
Avoiding the Academic Tendency to Generalize about Virtue: Why Virtue Education and Practice Must Be Specific, Part 2
As Friday’s post mentioned, broad forms of virtue education is not effectively accomplished in a liberal arts classroom education. It requires what...
Plodcast Ep. 86 – Russian Collusion, The Virtue of Nationalism, Amona
http://youtu.be/iWH2QaMoECk This week Douglas Wilson talks about the Russian collusion involving Donald Trump. Then he plods on to review Yoram...