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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.
C. S. Lewis Book Prize Winner
Drawing on centuries of wisdom from the Christian ethical
tradition, Glittering Vices explores why our hearts are
captivated by glittery but false substitutes for true human
goodness and happiness. This edition has been updated and revised
throughout and includes a new chapter on grace and growth through
the spiritual disciplines.
"This revised edition helpfully builds on the insights of the first
edition and deeply probes the nature of the disease that has
infected all God's precious image-bearers. This is surely one of
the best books written on the vices and their cure in the past one
hundred years, if not longer."
--Chris Hall, president, Renovaré
"The first edition of this fine book has been widely praised for
its marvelous integration of intellectual clarity and spiritual
depth. This new edition is even better with additional profound
guidance for our spiritual journeys. DeYoung is without doubt one
of our most gifted writers on the cultivation of Christian
character."
--Richard Mouw, Fuller Theological Seminary; author of
All That God Cares About
"Glittering Vices is one of the best treatments of
vice, character, and spiritual growth published in the past one
hundred years. With this second edition, a classic text has gotten
even better. I cannot recommend it highly enough!"
--Christian B. Miller, Wake Forest University
"In this new and expanded edition of Glittering Vices,
DeYoung offers wise and compassionate soul care that is
historically rooted, biblically sound, and surgically precise. I
have long been a fan of DeYoung's work, and this revised edition is
a liberating and joyful read."
--Sharon Garlough Brown, author of the Sensible Shoes
series, Shades of Light, and Remember Me
"The second edition of Glittering Vices complements
DeYoung's now classic, incisive, and--to any honest and
self-reflective reader--humbling analysis of the vices with an
inspiring account of spiritual disciplines that counteract those
vices."
--William C. Mattison III, University of Notre
Dame
Contents
1. Why Study the Vices?
2. Gifts from the Desert: The Origins and History of the Vices
Tradition
3. Vainglory: Image Is Everything
4.
Envy: Feeling Bitter When Others Have It Better
5.
Sloth (Acedia): Resistance to the Demands of Love
6.
Avarice: Possession and Mastery
7. Wrath: Holy
Emotion or Hellish Passion?
8. Gluttony: Feeding Your
Face and Starving Your Heart
9. Lust: Sexuality
Stripped Down
10. The Rest of the Journey:
Self-Examination, the Seven Capital Vices, and Spiritual
Formation
Epilogue
Index