{"product_id":"saints-as-they-really-are-michael-plekon-9780268206796","title":"Saints As They Really Are: Voices of Holiness in Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his new book, \u003ci\u003eSaints As They Really Are\u003c\/i\u003e, priest and scholar Michael Plekon traces the spiritual journeys of several American Christians, using their memoirs and other writings. These \"saints-in-the-making\" show all their doubts and imperfections as they reflect on their search for God and their efforts to lead holy lives. They are gifted yet ordinary women and men trying to follow Christ within their flawed and broken humanity--\"saints as they really are,\" as Dorothy Day put it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaints As They Really Are\u003c\/i\u003e is the third book in Plekon's critically acclaimed series on saints and holiness in our time. He draws on the autobiographical work of Dorothy Day, Peter Berger, Thomas Merton, Kathleen Norris, and Barbara Brown Taylor, among others, as well as from his own experiences as a Carmelite seminarian and brother. Plekon shares the power of these individuals' stories as they unfold. The book offers a strong argument that our failings and weaknesses are not disqualifications to holiness. Plekon further confronts the institutional church and its relationship to individuals seeking God, focusing on some of the challenges to this search--the destructive potential of religion and religious institutions, as well as our personal tendencies to extremism, overwork, pious obsessions, and legalism. But he also underscores the healing qualities of faith and the spiritual life. Plekon's insights will help readers better understand their own spiritual pilgrimages as they learn how others have dealt with the trials and joys of their path to everyday holiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Plekon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268206791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268206796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Michael Plekon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44080257335551,"sku":"9780268206796","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b27e1832-c62d-479c-ba7c-0fd0935884f5.jpg?v=1685485802","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/saints-as-they-really-are-michael-plekon-9780268206796","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}