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The Pursuit of Character by Matthew Arbo
Baker Academic

The Pursuit of Character

Matthew Arbo

Baker Academic · Christian Living
Published May 2026 · ISBN 9781540906014

From the publisher

In The Pursuit of Character, Matthew Arbo argues that we can learn how to live a good life by recovering the virtues that have guided Christians before us. Arbo reintroduces readers to the seven cardinal and theological virtues of prudence, temperance, fortitude, justice, faith, hope, and love, showing what each virtue means and how to go about acquiring it.

Description adapted from the publisher, Baker Academic.

About the author. Matthew Arbo (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is an ethicist and policy advisor in Washington, D.C. He is the author of Walking through Infertility and Political Vanity.

The Theology Shelf note: we'll add our own take once we've read it. For now, this page gathers the publisher's description.

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