{"product_id":"reading-for-the-love-of-god-how-to-read-as-a-spiritual-practice-hardcover","title":"Reading for the Love of God: How to Read as a Spiritual Practice - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessica Hooten Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if we viewed reading as not just a personal hobby or a pleasurable indulgence but a spiritual practice that deepens our faith?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReading for the Love of God\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author Jessica Hooten Wilson does just that--and then shows readers 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccessible and engaging, this guide outlines several ways Christian thinkers--including Augustine, Julian of Norwich, Frederick Douglass, and Dorothy L. Sayers--approached the act of reading. It also includes useful special features such as suggested reading lists, guided practices to approaching texts, and tips for meditating on specific texts or Bible passages. By learning to read for the love of God, readers will discover not only a renewed love of reading but also a new, vital spiritual practice to deepen their walk with God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Makes the case for reading as a means of transformation\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if we viewed reading as not just a personal hobby or a pleasurable indulgence but a spiritual practice that deepens our faith?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReading for the Love of God\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eBeth Allison Barr\u003c\/b\u003e, professor, Baylor University; bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Biblical Womanhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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, \u003ci\u003etolle lege\u003c\/i\u003e (take and read)!\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eTish Harrison Warren\u003c\/b\u003e, Anglican priest and author of \u003ci\u003eLiturgy of the Ordinary\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePrayer in the Night\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eGloria Purvis\u003c\/b\u003e, host and executive producer of \u003ci\u003eThe Gloria Purvis Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Hooten Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (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 author of \u003ci\u003eThe Scandal of Holiness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGiving the Devil His Due: Demonic Authority in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor and Fyodor Dostoevsky \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of a 2018 \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year Award), and two books on Walker Percy. She speaks around the world on topics as varied as Russian novelists, Catholic thinkers, and Christian ways of reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170103890055,"sku":"9781587435256","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/35ea919cbc06ba1f62acb3e460172351.webp?v=1733345837","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/reading-for-the-love-of-god-how-to-read-as-a-spiritual-practice-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}