{"product_id":"beauty-will-save-the-world-9781616385859","title":"Beauty Will Save the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn today's world we have technology, convenience, security, and a measure of prosperity, but where is the beauty? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For thousands of years, artists, sages, philosophers, and theologians have connected the beautiful and the sacred and identified art with our longing for God. Now we live in a day when convenience and practicality have largely displaced beauty as a value. The church is no exception. Even salvation is commonly viewed in a scientific and mechanistic manner and presented as a plan, system, or formula. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBeauty Will Save the World\u003c\/i\u003e, Brian Zahnd presents the argument that this loss of beauty as a principal value has been disastrous for Western culture, and especially for the church. The full message of the beauty of the gospel has been replaced by our desires to satisfy our material needs, to empirically prove our faith, and to establish political power in our world--the exact same things that Christ was tempted with and rejected in the wilderness.\u003cp\u003e Zahnd shows that by following the teachings of the Beatitudes, the church can become a viable alternative to current-day political, commercial, and religious power and can actually achieve what these powers promise to provide but fail to deliver. Using stories from the lives of St. Francis of Assisi and from his own life, he teaches us to stay on the journey to discover the kingdom of God in a fuller, richer, more beautiful, way.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Charisma House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616385859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Retailing\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2012 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCBA Retailers\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2012 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2012 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brian Zahnd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662262038684,"sku":"9781616385859","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0c232a01-b372-4178-bba5-cd32ef1c7597.jpg?v=1603901497","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/beauty-will-save-the-world-9781616385859","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}