Books written by Jessica Hooten Wilson
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Giving the Devil His Due: Demonic Authority in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor and Fyodor Dostoevsky
Their either-or extremism has not become more popular in the last fifty to a hundred years since these stories were first published, but it has become more relevant to a twenty-first-century culture in which the lukewarm middle ground seems ...
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Learning the Good Life: Wisdom from the Great Hearts and Minds that Came Before
Writers and writings featured in Learning the Good Life include: Confucius, Selections Plato, The Allegory of the Cave Seneca the Younger, "On the Shortness of Life" Athanasius, On the Incarnation Gregory of Nazianzus, On My Own Verses ...
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Giving the Devil His Due: Demonic Authority in the Fiction of Flannery O’Connor and Fyodor Dostoevsky
Their either-or extremism has not become more popular in the last fifty to a hundred years since these stories were first published, but it has become more relevant to a twenty-firstt-century culture in which the lukewarm middle ground ...
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The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints
"This book will spur you to read more and will show you how to do it. Wilson knows the difference between being well-read and being holy as she calls us to strive for holiness even in our reading.
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Reading Walker Percy's Novels
Jessica Hooten Wilson’s Reading Walker Percy’s Novels serves as a companion guide for readers who enjoy Percy’s novels but may be less familiar with the works of Sartre, Camus, Kierkegaard, and Dante.
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Walker Percy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and the Search for Influence
Failed imitation in The Charterhouse and The Gramercy winner -- Faithful re-membering in The Moviegoer -- Modeling a holy fool in The Last gentleman -- Borrowed critiques in Love in the ruins -- "Outdostoevskying Dostoevsky" in Lancelot -- ...
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Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West
The book offers a consideration of what we have in common—the truth, goodness, and beauty America has drawn from Russian culture and from masters such as Solzhenitsyn—and will suggest to readers what we can still learn and what we must ...
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The Scandal of Holiness: Renewing Your Imagination in the Company of Literary Saints
"This book will spur you to read more and will show you how to do it. Wilson knows the difference between being well-read and being holy as she calls us to strive for holiness even in our reading.
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Reading Walker Percy's Novels
Jessica Hooten Wilson’s Reading Walker Percy’s Novels serves as a companion guide for readers who enjoy Percy’s novels but may be less familiar with the works of Sartre, Camus, Kierkegaard, and Dante.
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Presence a Journal of Catholic Poetry 2021
A journal of Catholic poetry and book reviews for a general readership.
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Reading for the Love of God: How to Read as a Spiritual Practice
By doing so, says Jessica Hooten Wilson, we have lost the sanctification found in a life of reading. Instead of reading for passive entertainment or self-improvement, this book encourages us to read for the love of God.