A Return to Virtue: Character Formation for Us and for Our Children (Tom Smiley)

There is a renewed recognition in education, politics and business that character is crucial for the future of society and human flourishing. But what is character? Can it be educated into children? And what about us? This lecture will consider these questions with a look back to ancient wisdom and forward to the latest psychological research. A lecture given by Tom Smiley (Clinical Psychologist) at English L'Abri on 2nd February, 2018. For more information, visit labri.org/england and for more L'Abri lectures, visit the L'Abri Ideas Library. For further study: Virtue Reborn (Tom Wright) The Science of Virtue: Why Positive Psychology Matters for the Church (Mark McMinn) The Psychology of Christian Character Formation (Joanna Collicutt) Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification (Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman)