bokomslag The Scandal of Holiness  Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints
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The Scandal of Holiness Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints

Jessica Hooten Wilson Lauren Winner

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  • 2022
Christianity Today 2023 Award of Merit (Culture & the Arts) Midwest Book Review 2023 Silver Book Award (Nonfiction - Religion/Philosophy) 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.
  • Författare: Jessica Hooten Wilson, Lauren Winner
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9781587435249
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 240
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2022-05-17
  • Förlag: Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group