{"product_id":"deep-comedy","title":"Deep Comedy: Trinity, Tragedy, \u0026 Hope In Western Literature","description":"\u003ch3\u003eChristianity introduced deep laughter and joy to the world—laughter and joy that \"all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.\"\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;We tend to think being \\\u0026quot;stressed out\\\u0026quot; is a normal state of affairs, and that contentment means sitting back and just bottling things up. For the Christian, however, contentment is something we must apply, work at, and make our own in every circumstance, because anxiety and frustration are not neutral behaviors.\\nIt is certainly easier to go with our natural impulses when times are very hard or even just \\\u0026quot;annoying,\\\u0026quot; but contentment is an important part of our Christian life. Even the apostle Paul had to \\\u0026quot;learn\\\u0026quot; contentment. So we shouldn't wonder why we're still in spiritual kindergarten—repeating the same lessons over and over again—if we haven't given ourselves to study contentment. Thankfully, every test God gives on contentment is open book (even the pop quizzes!). In Learning Contentment, Nancy Wilson looks to the Bible and Puritans like Jeremiah Burroughs, Samuel Rutherford, Thomas Watson, and Charles Spurgeon to help us develop the practical, spiritual strength and the perspective that comes from contentment's deep satisfaction with the will of God. This encouraging little book follows after Nancy Wilson's Virtuous: A Study for Ladies of Every Age. Learning Contentment includes concise explanations, application questions and assignments that will involve and challenge everyone, and lots of biblical wisdom for individuals and groups.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #6fa8dc;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/Q-105.pdf?2623\" title=\"Deep Comedy Look Inside the Book Sample\" style=\"color: #6fa8dc; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e or \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff9900;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/B078XJXVWK\/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-105321\u0026amp;ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_105321_rh_us\" style=\"color: #ff9900; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"Deep Comedy on Audible\"\u003eListen on Audible\u003c\/a\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this short but stimulating work, Peter Leithart draws upon insights from history, theology, philosophy, and literature to connect two of the most glorious and unique truths of Christianity—its hopeful eschatology and its doctrine of a dynamic, personal Trinity. First, Leithart shows that the biblical view of history is essentially comic and hopeful, in contrast to the classical Greco-Roman view, which is essentially and irredeemably tragic. Then he develops the same point by examining Greek philosophy and its descendants (including postmodernism) in contrast to orthodox Trinitarian theology. Finally, he shows how the tragic and comic worldviews have been reflected in literature, with discussions of Greek epics and two Shakespearean plays. The result is a tour through three thousand years of intellectual history that celebrates the living power of orthodoxy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can also purchase this as an audiobook here, on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/B078XJXVWK\/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-105321\u0026amp;ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_105321_rh_us\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/A-Serrated-Edge-A-Brief-Defense-of-Biblical-Satire-and-Trinitarian-Skylarking-Audiobook\/B07D9385RR?qid%3D1562178701%26sr%3D1-12%26pf_rd_p%3De81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe%26pf_rd_r%3D4NY941T4SQVHPRE8THD1%26ref%3Da_search_c3_lProduct_1_12\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1562266018989000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHlwufl2BIUvNxEgG3714Uy6mIeow\" title=\"Deep Comedy on Audible\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eaudible\u003c\/a\u003e,* on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/audiobook\/407655334\/Deep-Comedy-Trinity-Tragedy-and-Hope-in-Western-Literature\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/audiobook\/407655342\/A-Serrated-Edge-A-Brief-Defense-of-Biblical-Satire-and-Trinitarian-Skylarking\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1562266018989000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNHkdcW8851hG_fe5TTlqF_Ayih21g\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSCRIBD\u003c\/a\u003e, and wherever audiobooks are sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFrom the Book:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In the final analysis, that is the practical import of all that has been said in this little book: the joy of Easter, the joy of resurrection, the joy of trinitarian life does not simply offer an alternative 'worldview' to the tragic self-inflation of the ancients. Worked out in the joyful life of the Christian church, deep comedy is the chief weapon of our warfare.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-From the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Leithart \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(PhD, Cambridge) is President of Theopolis Institute in Birmingham, Alabama and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho. He is the author of numerous books on theology and literature, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Baptized Body, Against Christianity, Brightest Heaven of Invention,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAscent to Love\u003c\/em\u003e. He has also authored articles in journals such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePro Ecclesia, Journal of Biblical Literature, Westminster Theological Journal,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/em\u003e. Peter and his wife Noel have ten children and a fetching collection of grandchildren.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/Q-105.pdf?2623\" title=\"Deep Comedy Look Inside the Book Sample\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAUTHOR: Peter J. Leithart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003ePAGE COUNT: 178 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eBINDING: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSIZE: 5x8\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eISBN 10: 1591280273\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eISBN-13: 9781591280279\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eRELEASE DATE: October 27, 2006\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Leithart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41201654661235,"sku":"Q-105","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":41201654694003,"sku":"AV-Q105","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0590\/5462\/0787\/files\/peter-leithart-books-deep-comedy-trinity-tragedy-hope-in-western-literature-7350643064880.jpg?v=1763147895","url":"https:\/\/wholesale.canonpress.com\/products\/deep-comedy","provider":"Canon B2B","version":"1.0","type":"link"}