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

by Thomas Lickona, Mark A. Pike

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780718800000
Publisher:	The Lutterworth Press
Publication date:	11/25/2021
Edition description:	Enlarged, Board Book with Audi ed.
Pages:	267
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 5 Years

About the Author

Professor Mark Pike is Chief Executive of the Emmanuel Schools Foundation in the UK, which provides 'Christian-ethos schools of character for the whole community'. Mark directed the Templeton-funded Narnian Virtues project at the University of Leeds, where he is Visiting Professor. As an internationally respected educator and C.S. Lewis scholar, his two most recent books are Ethical English and Mere Education: C.S. Lewis as Teacher for our Time (translated into Dutch and Korean). Professor Thomas Lickona has led the character education movement in the US for the last thirty years and has spent the last five years collaborating on Narnian Virtues. A developmental psychologist at the State University of New York (Cortland), his books on character development, have been translated into a dozen languages, and include the popular Educating for Character, Character Matters, and, most recently, How to Raise Kind Kids.

Table of Contents

Foreword on Character Education by Drayton Nabers, Jr Foreword on The Chronicles of Narnia by Devin Brown Acknowledgements Part 1: Building Good Character: The Wisdom of C.S. Lewis Introduction 1. C.S. Lewis on Parents, Teachers, Friends and Books 2. Families of Character, Schools of Character: Examples of Excellence 3. C.S. Lewis as Character Educator for the World 4. How C.S. Lewis Teaches Christianity in Narnia Part 2: Narnian Virtues in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Six Narnian Virtues 5. Narnian Virtues in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 6. Family Character Learning with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 7. Classroom Character Education with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Part 3: Narnian Virtues in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader From Six to Twelve Narnian Virtues 8. Narnian Virtues in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 9. Family Character Learning with The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 10. Classroom Character Education with The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Appendix A: Virtues Vocabulary Appendix B: The Wisdom of C.S. Lewis Appendix C: Parents' and Children's Responses to Narnian Virtues Appendix D: Research Project Publications Appendix E: Executive Summary of Research Findings Notes Bibliography Scripture Index Index of Subjects