Narnian Virtues

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.

In the darkness of our disintegrating post-Christian culture, Narnian Virtues is a shining light. Pike and Lickona have produced a brilliant and readable book that deserves to become an educational classic.

• Foreword on Character Education by Drayton Nabers, JrForeword on The Chronicles of Narnia by Devin BrownAcknowledgementsPart 1: Building Good Character: The Wisdom of C.S. LewisIntroduction1. C.S. Lewis on Parents, Teachers, Friends and Books2. Families of Character, Schools of Character: Examples of Excellence3. C.S. Lewis as Character Educator for the World4. How C.S. Lewis Teaches Christianity in NarniaPart 2: Narnian Virtues in The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeSix Narnian Virtues5. Narnian Virtues in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe6. Family Character Learning with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe7. Classroom Character Education with The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobePart 3: Narnian Virtues in The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderFrom Six to Twelve Narnian Virtues8. Narnian Virtues in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader9. Family Character Learning with The Voyage of the Dawn Treader10. Classroom Character Education with The Voyage of the Dawn TreaderAppendix A: Virtues VocabularyAppendix B: The Wisdom of C.S. LewisAppendix C: Parents’ and Children’s Responses to Narnian VirtuesAppendix D: Research Project PublicationsAppendix E: Executive Summary of Research FindingsNotesBibliographyScripture IndexIndex of Subjects