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Glittering vices : a new look at the seven deadly sins and their remedies / Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids : Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2020Edition: Second EditionDescription: xii, 274 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781587434402
  • 1587434407
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 241.3 D529 Available 33111009661451
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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.

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.

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