{"product_id":"charitable-writing-cultivating-virtue-through-our-words-9780830854837","title":"Charitable Writing: Cultivating Virtue Through Our Words","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur written words carry weight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, in today's cultural climate, our writing is too often laced with harsh judgments and vitriol rather than careful consideration and generosity. But might the Christian faith transform how we approach the task of writing? How might we love God and our neighbors through our writing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not a style guide that teaches you where to place the comma and how to cite your sources (as important as those things are). Rather, it offers a vision for expressing one's faith through writing and for understanding writing itself as a spiritual practice that cultivates virtue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder the guidance of two experienced Christian writers who draw on authors and artists throughout the church's history, we learn how we might embrace writing as an act of discipleship for today--and how we might faithfully bear the weight of our written words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Hughes Gibson (PhD, University of Virginia) is associate professor of English at Wheaton College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eForgiveness in Victorian Literature: Grammar, Narrative, and Community\u003c\/i\u003e. With designer Jeremy Botts, he codirects Manibus Press, an occasional publisher of artists' books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Edward Beitler III (PhD, University of Michigan) is associate professor of English at Wheaton College, where he is the director of First-Year Writing and also coordinates the Writing Fellows Program. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSeasoned Speech: Rhetoric in the Life of the Church\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRemaking Transitional Justice in the United States: The Rhetorical Authorization of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646035169554,"sku":"9780830854837","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f4ceecdd-d678-409f-9aa4-dbd9242d1503.jpg?v=1733167576","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/charitable-writing-cultivating-virtue-through-our-words-9780830854837","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}