Human Flourishing: The Context for Character Development in Christian Higher Education

Although character formation has always been a central goal of education, efforts to promote character education in schools have, in the last century, always been hampered by an inability to adequately define character. We offer the concept of the flourishing life as the appropriate context for defi...

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Authors: Langer, Richard (Author) ; Hall, M. Elizabeth Lewis (Author) ; McMartin, Jason (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2010
In: Christian higher education
Year: 2010, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 336-360
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