{"product_id":"the-scandal-of-holiness-renewing-your-imagination-in-the-company-of-literary-saints","title":"The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints","description":"Christianity Today 2023 Award of Merit (Culture \u0026amp; the Arts)\u003cbr\u003eMidwest Book Review 2023Silver Book Award (Nonfiction - Religion\/Philosophy)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book includes devotionals, prayers, wisdom from the saints, and more to help individuals and groups cultivate a saintly imagination. Foreword by Lauren F. Winner.","brand":"Brazos Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67895337582818,"sku":"MTO-BAKER-11-03-2026-12.50-246","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/9898\/5881\/files\/9781587435249-1cxm9kb.jpg?v=1793813871","url":"https:\/\/layitflat.com\/products\/the-scandal-of-holiness-renewing-your-imagination-in-the-company-of-literary-saints","provider":"Lay it Flat Publishing Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}