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Hello
John,
We are proud to announce that the Kirk Center recently published its first book, David Hein’s engaging Teaching the Virtues. Education should form both the mind and character. But even very good schools, religious and secular, can do better at teaching the virtues, Dr. Hein believes, and so he has written a valuable primer for teachers and parents alike.
Russell Kirk once asked in one of his most famous essays, “Can Virtue Be Taught?” This new book is an unsurpassed reflection on that ancient question, one capable of renewing education in our time. David Hein shows how to teach students virtues such as prudence, justice, courage, temperance, faith, hope, love, loyalty, and patience.
Richard Brookhiser says, “Teaching the Virtues is a gateway. Enter it for useful and hopeful thoughts about teaching, learning, and life.” And Joe Loconte notes, “This book is a tonic for an age that regards the old virtues with contempt.”
The book is also significant because it is the first title published under the Kirk Center’s new publishing imprint, Mecosta House. This imprint will be dedicated to promulgating the legacy of Russell Kirk, and the tradition he articulated from his beloved Piety Hill in his ancestral village of Mecosta, from which it takes its name.
In the future, we will publish the occasional new edition of classic works by Russell Kirk, essay collections, and new works in the old tradition that will aid us in our educational programs and the new courses we will be introducing online and in-person at the Kirk Center as part of our School of Conservative Studies.
Over time, we hope Mecosta House books will combine with Kirk Center programs to foster a community of readers and thinkers dedicated to exploring the wisdom of our predecessors while forging a new conservative humanism. In all we do, the Kirk Center aims to give each new generation access to the beliefs, practices, and institutions that are the foundation of America’s constitutional achievement in ordered liberty.
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