Verlag: Thomas Nelson (edition ), 2015
ISBN 10: 0718021991 ISBN 13: 9780718021993
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Verlag: Thomas Nelson, 2015
ISBN 10: 0718021991 ISBN 13: 9780718021993
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Verlag: Plough Publishing House, 2023
ISBN 10: 1636080677 ISBN 13: 9781636080673
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Verlag: Brazos Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 1587435241 ISBN 13: 9781587435249
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Plough Publishing House, 2023
ISBN 10: 1636080677 ISBN 13: 9781636080673
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Cascade Books 2/28/2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 1498291376 ISBN 13: 9781498291378
Paperback. New book. 156 pp.
Verlag: Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publi, 2022
ISBN 10: 1587435241 ISBN 13: 9781587435249
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Verlag: Plough Publishing House Aug 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1636080677 ISBN 13: 9781636080673
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A new generation of teachers envisions a liberal arts education that is good for everyone'.
Verlag: Baker Publishing Group Mai 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1587435241 ISBN 13: 9781587435249
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Reading Great Literature as a Spiritual DisciplineHow do we become better people We often 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.In The Scandal of Holiness, award-winning author Jessica Hooten Wilson shows that learning to hear the call of holiness requires developing a new imagination--one rooted in the act of reading. Reading great works of literature can help us cultivate an imagination that moves us toward holiness, where God opens up a way of living that extends far beyond what we can conjure for ourselves.'This book will spur you to read more and will show you how to do it. Wilson knows the difference between being well-read and being holy as she calls us to strive for holiness even in our reading. This book illustrates how good literature can stir the imagination and how the imagination can stir us toward holiness. The voice of this book is not of an English teacher asking if you have done your reading but instead that of a smart and humble friend who says to you: 'Let me introduce you to some friends who know exactly what you're going through right now.''--Russell Moore, Christianity Today'Our imaginations will be formed by the stories we see ourselves in, and we see ourselves according to the stories we are most surrounded by. In these pages, Wilson serves as a good guide to good stories that can form our imaginations toward greater holiness and humanity.'--Karen Swallow Prior, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; author of On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books'I'll be conversing with, riffing on, and returning to The Scandal of Holiness for months and years to come, because, although it is not fiction, like the best fiction, The Scandal of Holiness prods the imagination. It opens out. It exceeds itself.'--Lauren F. Winner (from the foreword).
Verlag: Harperchristian Resources Feb 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 0718021991 ISBN 13: 9780718021993
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Millennial pastor Jarrid Wilson calls his generation to drop the pretenses and poses of false Christianity and walk like true followers of Jesus.
Verlag: Baker Publishing Group Mär 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 158743525X ISBN 13: 9781587435256
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Makes the case for reading as a means of transformation'What if we viewed reading as not just a personal hobby or a pleasurable indulgence but a spiritual practice that deepens our faith In Reading for the Love of God, award-winning author Jessica Hooten Wilson shows us how to reap the spiritual benefits of reading. She argues that the simple act of reading can help us learn to pray well, love our neighbor, be contemplative, practice humility, and disentangle ourselves from contemporary idols.'In her deft and beautiful way, Jessica Hooten Wilson crafts a theology of reading for Christians who have forgotten why it matters. She challenges us to take up and read--not only because it teaches about the faith of our past but because it makes our faith stronger for the present too. Get this book to learn, to grow, and to be inspired.'--Beth Allison Barr, professor, Baylor University; bestselling author of The Making of Biblical Womanhood'Hooten Wilson makes the case for reading as a means of transformation into Christlikeness. Her own meditations on the theology, spirituality, and ethics of reading are punctuated with studies of great Christian readers, male and female, down through the ages, which adds a rich layer of historical insight to her own brilliant reflections. This book is profound and practical at once. As St. Augustine would say, tolle lege (take and read)!'--Tish Harrison Warren, Anglican priest and author of Liturgy of the Ordinary and Prayer in the Night'We are what we read. Yet, it is not only what we read but also how we read and to what ends. Hooten Wilson wonderfully demonstrates that reading is not only an art but also, most importantly, a transcendent calling, mission, and vocation.'--Gloria Purvis, host and executive producer of The Gloria Purvis Podcast.
Verlag: Baker Publishing Group Jan 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1587436183 ISBN 13: 9781587436185
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Prince, Steve (illustrator). Neuware - A Literary Excavation of Flannery O'Connor's Unfinished NovelWhen celebrated American fiction writer Flannery O'Connor died at the age of thirty-nine in 1964, she left behind an unfinished third novel titled Why Do the Heathen Rage Scholarly experts uncovered and studied the material, deeming it unpublishable. It stayed that way for more than fifty years.Until now.In this work of literary excavation, award-winning author Jessica Hooten Wilson transcribes, compiles, and organizes O'Connor's unfinished novel, imagining themes and directions her work might have taken. The book includes illustrations and an afterword from noted artist Steve Prince of One Fish Studio.'What a delight that there's a new Flannery O'Connor manuscript in the world, courtesy of Jessica Hooten Wilson, who has performed a true labor of love here, for which the literary world will be wildly grateful.'--George Saunders, New York Times bestselling author of Man Booker Prize winner Lincoln in the Bardo'This book is part detective story, part examination of O'Connor in the context of a changing America (especially racially), and part exploration of one of America's great writers in the process of creation.'--Esau McCaulley, Wheaton College; author of How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South'Flannery O'Connor's Why Do the Heathen Rage is an important read for followers of this influential writer. Rather than complete O'Connor's unfinished novel, Why Do the Heathen Rage , Hooten Wilson pairs passages from the book with insightful commentary about O'Connor the person and the artist. For fans interested in a complex portrait of O'Connor and the novel she never completed, this work is required reading.'--Nadra Nittle, author of bell hooks' Spiritual Vision and Toni Morrison's Spiritual Vision.
Verlag: Plough Publishing House, 2023
ISBN 10: 1636080677 ISBN 13: 9781636080673
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: Baker Publishing Group, 2022
ISBN 10: 1587435241 ISBN 13: 9781587435249
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New. An award-winning author shows that holiness means being radical in our ways of imagining the future, imagining each other, and imagining God, and that reading works of great literature can help us cultivate an imagination that moves us toward holiness.
Verlag: Baker Publishing Group, 2023
ISBN 10: 158743525X ISBN 13: 9781587435256
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Gebunden. Zustand: New. Über den AutorJessica Hooten Wilson (PhD, Baylor University) is the inaugural Visiting Scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. She previously taught at the University of Dallas. Wilson is the a.
Verlag: Ohio State University Press, 2017
ISBN 10: 0814213499 ISBN 13: 9780814213490
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Verlag: Plough Publishing House Aug 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1636080790 ISBN 13: 9781636080796
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A new generation of teachers envisions a liberal arts education that is good for everyone. Why would anyone study the liberal arts It's no secret that the liberal arts have fallen out of favor and are struggling to prove their relevance. The cost of college pushes students to majors and degrees with more obvious career outcomes. A new cohort of educators isn't taking this lying down.They realize they need to reimagine and rearticulate what a liberal arts education is for, and what it might look like in today's world. In this book, they make an honest reckoning with the history and current state of the liberal arts. You may have heard - or asked - some of these questions yourself:Aren't the liberal arts a waste of time How will reading old books and discussing abstract ideas help us feed the hungry, liberate the oppressed and reverse climate change Actually, we first need to understand what we mean by truth, the good life, and justice. Aren't the liberal arts racist The 'great books' are mostly by privileged dead white males.Despite these objections, for centuries the liberal arts have been a resource for those working for a better world. Here's how we can benefit from ancient voices while expanding the conversation. Aren't the liberal arts liberal Aren't humanities professors mostly progressive ideologues who indoctrinate students In fact, the liberal arts are an age-old tradition of moral formation, teaching people to think for themselves and learn from other perspectives. Aren't the liberal arts elitist Hasn't humanities education too often excluded poor people and minorities While that has sometime been the case, these educators map out well-proven ways to include people of all social and educational backgrounds. Aren't the liberal arts a bad career investment I really just want to get a well-paying job and not end up as an overeducated barista.The numbers - and the people hiring - tell a different story. In this book, educators mount a vigorous defenseof the humanist tradition, but also chart a path forward, building on their tradition's strengths and addressing its failures. In each chapter, dispatches from innovators describe concrete ways this is being put into practice, showing that the liberal arts are not only viable today, but vital to our future. \*\*\*Contributors include Emily Auerbach, Nathan Beacom, Jeffrey Bilbro, Joseph Clair, Margarita Mooney Clayton, Lydia Dugdale, Brad East, Don Eben, Becky L. Eggimann, Rachel Griffis, David Henreckson, Zena Hitz, David Hsu, L. Gregory Jones, Brandon McCoy, Peter Mommsen, Angel Adams Parham, Steve Prince, John Mark Reynolds, Erin Shaw, Anne Snyder, Sean Sword, Noah Toly, Jonathan Tran, and Jessica Hooten Wilson.
Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press, 2020
ISBN 10: 0268108250 ISBN 13: 9780268108250
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Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press, 2020
ISBN 10: 0268108250 ISBN 13: 9780268108250
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Zustand: New. Über den AutorDavid P. Deavel is an associate professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas, Houston, and editor of LOGOS: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture.Jessica Hooten Wilson is the Seaver Colle.