The Beauty of Modesty: Cultivating Virtue in the Face of a Vulgar Culture

Written largely for a Christian audience, The Beauty of Modesty will fill a void in Christian publishing on this theme. It avoids being legalistic, parochial, or pietistic and so will be a popular resource for ministers, educators and an invaluable resource for parents who are fighting against the onslaught of sensuality and perversion their families face. The authors cover the subject under three main headings: the need for modesty, the nature of modesty and the nurture of modesty. In reviewing the need for modesty, the authors look at the decline of values and the sensuality that has taken their place. Rather than point their fingers at society at large, they insist that the problem exists because churches and families are doing nothing to inculcate an ethic of modesty in children, teenagers, or adults.