{"product_id":"the-scandal-of-holiness-renewing-your-imagination-in-the-company-of-literary-saints-1587435241","title":"The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1587435241\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jessica Hooten Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristianity Today 2023 Award of Merit (Culture \u0026amp; the Arts)Midwest Book Review 2023Silver 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52109505823008,"sku":"NEW1587435241","price":15.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/812nFAptaWL._SL1200_QL70.jpg?v=1785991206","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-scandal-of-holiness-renewing-your-imagination-in-the-company-of-literary-saints-1587435241","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}