The Many Faces of Virtue

The Many Faces of Virtue
ISBN-10
0966322398
ISBN-13
9780966322392
Category
Christian ethics
Pages
232
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Emmaus Road Publishing
Author
Donald DeMarco

Description

The Many Faces of Virtue is a personable collection of 48 short essays on the virtues, each no longer than six pages. Dr. DeMarco breathes life to the virtues with both historical and living anecdotes from the lives of such as great heroes as Mahatma Gandhi, Helen Keller, Pope John Paul II, J.R.R. Tolkein, and Emily Dickinson.

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