{"product_id":"turning-points-how-thirteen-remarkable-men-and-women-heard-gods-call-and-responded-to-it-9781621647720","title":"Turning Points: How Thirteen Remarkable Men and Women Heard God's Call and Responded to It","description":"\u003cp\u003e This book examines how thirteen extraordinary men and women from apostolic times to the present--most of them canonized saints--came to see how God wanted them to organize their lives and, seeing that, set out to shape their lives accordingly. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It adopts a new and illuminating approach to a familiar literary genre--the lives of the saints and what the turning points were in their dedicating themselves to God. Instead of concentrating on the question of vocation, the book situates the thirteen notable men and women in the context of their lives as a whole and profiles them in this broader framework. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTurning Points \u003c\/i\u003eprobes the stories of highly motivated individuals who in a variety of ways committed their lives to wholeheartedly following Christ, and it discusses a number of issues as timely for the Church now as they were then. It is engagingly written for all who are interested in serious religious ideas, as well as in the inspiring stories of thirteen outstanding people whose lives shed fresh light on living the faith in their times--and our own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Among those whose stories are told are \u003cb\u003eSaint Paul the Apostle, Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Ignatius Loyola, Saint Thomas More, Saint Th?r?se of Lisieux, Saint John Henry Newman, Saint Josemar?a Escriv?, Caryll Houselander, \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eDorothy Day\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ignatius Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621647720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Russell Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45211644428469,"sku":"9781621647720","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5c2a0591-c600-4523-800a-b11bc51312fc.jpg?v=1742913607","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/turning-points-how-thirteen-remarkable-men-and-women-heard-gods-call-and-responded-to-it-9781621647720","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}