Character

  • Character: What It Means and Why It Matters
    By Deborah L. Rhode

    David Light Shields and Brenda Light Bredemeier, Can Sports Build Character?, in Lapsley and Power, Character Psychology and Character Education, 121, 124–125; Jennifer Beller, Positive Character Development in School Sport Programs, ...

  • Character: Three Inquiries in Literary Studies
    By Amanda Anderson, Rita Felski, Toril Moi

    Wendy Treynor, Richard Gonzalez, and Susan NolenHoeksema, “Rumination Reconsidered: A Psychometric Analysis,” Cognitive Therapy and Research 27, no. 3 (2003): 256. 16. Felipe E. García, Felix Cova, and Almudena Duque, “The Four Faces of ...

  • Character: Three Inquiries in Literary Studies
    By Amanda Anderson, Rita Felski, Toril Moi

    In this sense the rhythm of his thinking has some affinities with the forms of complacency represented by Sir William Bradshaw, who asserts the value of “proportion” against what he sees as the indulgences or weaknesses of others.38 And ...

  • Character
    By Jay R. Elliott

    This book critically examines the arguments and evidence on each side of this debate, with a special focus on the connections between the philosophical issues and current research in social and personality psychology.

  • Character: Old Testament People - Encounters with God
    By Richard Parker

    Provides daily devotional guidance using the people and events in the Old Testament as models for faithful and fulfilling Christian living.

  • Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
    By Chris Wallace

    Throughout American history, presidents have faced difficult choices–decisions that have had grave political and personal consequences. Will leadership prevail? Or will the office cede power to popular opinion? At these...

  • Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession
    By Marjorie Garber

    Do our notions about fictional characters catalyze our ideas about moral character? Can character be “formed” or taught in schools, in scouting, in the home?

  • Character: What it Means and Why it Matters
    By Deborah L. Rhode

    Kilpatrick, Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong, 84–85. Thomas Lickona, What Does Moral Psychology Have to Say to the Teacher of Ethics? in Callahan and Bok, Ethics Teaching in Higher Education, Io9, 115. Lickona, What Does Moral ...

  • Character: New Directions from Philosophy, Psychology, and Theology
    By R. Michael Furr, Christian B. Miller, Angela Knobel

    This collection contains some of the best new work being done on the subject of character from the perspectives of philosophy, theology, and psychology.

  • Character: New Directions from Philosophy, Psychology, and Theology
    By R. Michael Furr, Christian B. Miller, Angela Knobel

    This collection contains some of the best new work being done on the subject of character in philosophy, theology, and psychology.

  • Character: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage, and Screen
    By Robert McKee

    CHARACTER explores the design of a character universe: The dimensionality, complexity and arcing of a protagonist, the invention of orbiting major characters, all encircled by a cast of service and supporting roles.

  • Character: What it Means and Why it Matters
    By Deborah L. Rhode

    Rhode punctuates the book through a series of portraits of exemplary individuals whose good character made them who they were: Ida B. Wells, Jane Addams, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Albert Schweitzer, and Thurgood ...

  • Character: The Ultimate Success Factor
    By J. Phillip London

    Based on the personal, corporate and military experiences of Dr. J. Phillip London, a successful defense industry executive, as well as many other real-life examples, this book presents the time-tested lessons behind character-driven ...

  • Character: 101 Positive Ways to Build Character
    By Free Spirit Publishing, Free Spirit Publishing Staff, Deborah Jiang Stein

    Use them as discussion-starters or writing prompts. Act them out, talk them over, or plan ways to live them every day. Based on What Do You Stand For? For Teens this is a simple, powerful tool for promoting character development.

  • Character: Made in the Image of God
    By Eric L. Warren

    ... loyalty. In the following verse, we see God walking the path of commitment. “With the loyal you show yourself loyal; with the blameless you show yourself blameless;” (2 Samuel 22:26 New Revised Standard Version). This verse contains an ...

  • Character
    By Joel Kupperman

    We often speak of a person's character--good or bad, strong or weak--and think of it as a guide to how that person will behave in a given situation. Oddly, however,...