Glittering vices : a new look at the seven deadly sins and their remedies /
DeYoung, Rebecca Konyndyk,
Glittering vices : a new look at the seven deadly sins and their remedies / Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung. - Second Edition. - xii, 274 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why Study the Vices? -- Gifts from the Desert: The Origins and History of the Vices Tradition -- Envy: Feeling Bitter When Others Have It Better -- Vainglory: Image Is Everything -- Sloth (Acedia): Resistance to the Demands of Love -- Avarice: Possession and Mastery -- Wrath: Holy Emotion or Hellish Passion? -- Gluttony: Feeding Your Face and Starving Your Heart -- Lust: Sexuality Stripped Down -- The Rest of the Journey: Self-Examination, Spiritual Formation, and the Seven Capital Vices.
Drawing on centuries of wisdom from the Christian ethical tradition, this book takes readers on a journey of self-examination, exploring why our hearts are captivated by glittery but false substitutes for true human goodness and happiness. The first edition sold 35,000 copies and was a C. S. Lewis Book Prize award winner. Now updated and revised throughout, the second edition includes a new chapter on grace and growth through the spiritual disciplines. Questions for discussion and study are included at the end of each chapter.
9781587434402 1587434407
2019031836
Deadly sins.
Glittering vices : a new look at the seven deadly sins and their remedies / Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung. - Second Edition. - xii, 274 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why Study the Vices? -- Gifts from the Desert: The Origins and History of the Vices Tradition -- Envy: Feeling Bitter When Others Have It Better -- Vainglory: Image Is Everything -- Sloth (Acedia): Resistance to the Demands of Love -- Avarice: Possession and Mastery -- Wrath: Holy Emotion or Hellish Passion? -- Gluttony: Feeding Your Face and Starving Your Heart -- Lust: Sexuality Stripped Down -- The Rest of the Journey: Self-Examination, Spiritual Formation, and the Seven Capital Vices.
Drawing on centuries of wisdom from the Christian ethical tradition, this book takes readers on a journey of self-examination, exploring why our hearts are captivated by glittery but false substitutes for true human goodness and happiness. The first edition sold 35,000 copies and was a C. S. Lewis Book Prize award winner. Now updated and revised throughout, the second edition includes a new chapter on grace and growth through the spiritual disciplines. Questions for discussion and study are included at the end of each chapter.
9781587434402 1587434407
2019031836
Deadly sins.