Moral Imagination

In Tending the Heart of Virtue, Vigen Guroian illuminates the power of classic tales and their impact on the moral imagination. He demonstrates how these stories teach the virtues through vivid depictions of the struggle between good and evil, while he also unveils components of the good, the true, and the beautiful in plot and character. With clarity and elegance, Guroian reads deeply into the classic stories.

In this highly original book, Russell Blackford discusses the intersection of science fiction and humanity’s moral imagination. With the rise of science and technology in the 19th century, and our continually improving understanding of the cosmos, writers and thinkers soon began to imagine futures greatly different from the present. Science fiction was born out of the realization that future techno-scientific advances could dramatically change the world.

#1 New York Times bestseller “Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” —Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of...

Moral relationships saturate the living world, and the line between the human and nonhuman is blurrier than we might think. Animals, Robots, Gods provides a bold new vision of ethics defined less by the individual mind or society and more by our interactions with those around us, whether they are the pets we keep, the gods we believe in, or the machines we endow with life.

The faith-based film industry is booming! But it comes at a cost: faith-based films are a marketable representation of Christianity, not necessarily a biblical one. Created by secular corporations and marketing demographics, such movies often reduce Christianity to fit corporate concerns. But what if, instead of watching Christian movies, we learned to see Christian themes and values in all movies? In this book, you'll learn how movies can awaken our moral imaginations to Christian themes that still pervade our films. And you'll discover how our children can encounter depictions of truth that lead to a life of wisdom and virtue.

This highly understandable audiobook offers a contemporary interpretation of the political thought of Edmund Burke, drawing on his experiences to illuminate and address fundamental questions of politics and society that are of particular interest today. In Edmund Burke for Our Time, Byrne asserts that Burke's politics is reflective of unique and sophisticated ideas about how people think and learn, and about determinants of political behavior.

An extraordinary account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination, from the author of Rubicon. “A galloping tour of Christianity’s influence across the last 2,000 years.” —New York Times Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment...

History has never been this exciting! Discover epic adventures featuring real historical events, people, and places. The Declaration of Independence is vanishing from history… and only three kids remember it ever existed. When Max Wilder cracks a joke in history class, he doesn’t expect the entire Declaration of Independence to vanish from his textbook. Soon, his best friends Willow and Elliot notice their notes have changed, too. To fix history, the trio must team up with Max’s eccentric Grandpa Leo and his half-broken time machine. Their mission: travel back to 1776, outsmart a ...

History is broken and only three kids can fix it. When twelve-year-old Max Wilder opens his history textbook and discovers the California Gold Rush rewritten around a single, all-powerful man named Silas Granger, he knows something is wrong. A time variance has slipped into the past and now history is warping around it. With his friends Elliot and Willow, Max travels back to 1849, into the mud, chaos, and roaring frenzy of the real Gold Rush. Their mission: find a mysterious golden pan before Granger’s impossible luck wipes out the thousands of miners, merchants, and dreamers who shaped ...

Thanksgiving is gone. The Mayflower never lands. And history is sinking fast. When a time ripple erases the Pilgrims’ voyage from existence, twelve-year-olds Max, Willow, and Elliot discover that something—or someone—is rewriting the past. The only way to fix it? Step into Grandpa Leo’s time machine and race back to 1620. From the moment they arrive, the trio is thrown into chaos. Trapped aboard a creaking ship on the raging Atlantic Ocean, they face roaring storms, spreading sickness, and fear that grips every soul on board. At the helm stands a ruthless sailor with a glowing ...

Step into the whimsical, charming, and timeless world of Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott, a delightful collection of short stories where nature comes alive with humor, wonder, and gentle wisdom.

They crossed oceans, deserts, and the limits of belief. From shipwreck to sanctuary, from marble dust to mountain snow, these women pursued truth until it transformed them. Their journeys became the world’s imagination. Discover the Women Who Turned Exploration into Revelation From the stage to the Himalayas, from the convent to the desert, Women of the World traces a century of travelers, scholars, mystics, and visionaries who transformed experience into conscience. In this final volume of The Women of the Nineteenth Century trilogy, Richard Fleischman follows fifteen extraordinary ...

A journey into the unseen emotional world of the Victorian child—where discipline shaped conscience, imagination opened secret doorways, and private feelings survived behind closed doors. This book uncovers the hidden rooms of early life and traces the origins of the modern self. A profoundly intimate history of Victorian childhood—told through the hidden emotional lives of the young. Victorian children left behind more than schoolroom recitations and moral instruction. In their diaries, sketches, bedtime fears, treasured objects, and whispered longings lie the earliest traces of the ...

Faith tested by feeling. Confessions written in candlelight. In Victorian parlors, convents, and rectories, clergy and believers wrote what they could not speak. The Letters of Devotion reveals the forbidden correspondences of a century that mistook love for prayer—and found mercy in the confusion. The nineteenth century sought salvation—and found temptation in its reflection. The Letters of Devotion gathers the imagined voices of clergy and believers whose faith blurred into feeling, whose prayers became confessions written in secrecy and sealed in restraint. Each letter is an original...

Aquai and the Secrets of the Ocean is a book for those looking for inspiring ocean stories for children! These ocean stories for kids follow Aqua, a brave, kind-hearted boy who lives between two worlds—above the surface and below the waves. As he explores the sea, Aqua encounters challenges and learns what’s truly important. Each chapter is filled with friendship, courage, kindness, and adventure, set in magical underwater worlds that kids love. This book is perfect for children ages 6 to 10, and is great for both reading aloud and reading on your own. As one of those rare children's ...

We Love Bears! We all love bears and we often assume we know all about them. The truth is our favorite animals are often misunderstood and there are lots of amazing and curious bear facts people don't know or often forget. Did you know that... Bears are amazing moms Bears are really shy Bears communicate Polar bears can overheat Learn all this and so much more in this amazing picture book that is sure to capture the attention of young children and encourage them to learn and explore animals' lives in the wild and in captivity! This educational kids book is truly a must have collection to ...

What if the oldest myth about creation wasn’t about clay and magic—but about us? From the shadows of sixteenth-century Prague to the gleaming screens of the digital age, The Invented Monster: How the Golem Shaped Our Story of Creation unearths one of history’s most haunting legends and reveals how it continues to shape the way we think about life, power, and responsibility. Through centuries of storytelling, the Golem—born of faith and fear—has evolved from a guardian of the oppressed into a mirror reflecting humanity’s greatest questions about creation and control. In this ...

A meditation on how lives endure through the things they leave behind: letters never sent, portraits fading in their frames, and the quiet eloquence of remembrance. Letters and Objects: Essays on Memory, Objects, and the Margins of History In an age captivated by progress, the nineteenth century turned instead toward remembrance. Through its letters, keepsakes, and portraits, it sought to preserve the fragile substance of feeling, to rescue the self from silence. Letters and Objects opens The Library of Quiet Things, a series devoted to the moral imagination of history and to the tender ...

Unicorn Stories • 5 Enchanting Short Bedtime Stories Introducing a delightful book of enchanting unicorn stories, perfect for girls ages 4-8! The stories are cute, light-hearted, and age-appropriate, with a happy ending and a good moral or value woven into each story. Each story is 400-500 words, making it an ideal length for a bedtime story or a fun read-aloud. 5 short unicorn stories for kids Each story is 400-500 words a piece Perfect for unicorn lovers ages 4-8 Makes a fantastic birthday gift, stocking stuffer, or holiday gift for unicorn lovers! This collection features unique ...

What happens when a child looks at the world with wonder, science, poetry, and a deeply human soul? A visionary is born. The Child Visionary: Journeys of Imagination, Science, and the Soul is a luminous literary voyage that blends childhood innocence with scientific curiosity, ethical reflection, and poetic beauty. Through stories, essays, and lyrical narratives, Jaime Bedoya Martínez invites readers to rediscover the universe through the eyes of a child who dreams, questions, observes, and believes. This book travels effortlessly between oceans and stars, games and galaxies, poetry and ...