| The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints Contributor(s): Wilson, Jessica Hooten (Author), Winner, Lauren F. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1587435241 ISBN-13: 9781587435249 Publisher: Brazos Press OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2022 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Literature & The Arts - Religion | Christian Living - Personal Growth - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading |
| Dewey: 234.8 |
| LCCN: 2021041826 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 8.6" (1.00 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How do we become better people? Initiatives such as New Year's resolutions, vision boards, thirty-day plans, and self-help books often fail to compel us to live differently. We settle for small goals--frugal spending, less yelling at the kids, more time at the gym--but we are called to something far greater. We are created to be holy. Award-winning author Jessica Hooten Wilson explains that learning to hear the call of holiness requires cultivating a new imagination--one rooted in the act of reading. Learning to read with eyes attuned to the saints who populate great works of literature moves us toward holiness, where God opens up a way of living that extends far beyond what we can conjure for ourselves. Literature has the power to show us what a holy life looks like, and these depictions often scandalize even as they shape our imagination. As such, careful reading becomes a sort of countercultural spiritual discipline. The book includes devotionals, prayers, wisdom from the saints, and more to help individuals and groups cultivate a saintly imagination. Foreword by Lauren F. Winner. |