{"product_id":"9781514004852_the-meaning-of-singleness","title":"The Meaning of Singleness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2024 Australian Christian Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Is Christian singleness a burden to be endured or a God-ordained vocation? Might singleness here and now give the church a glimpse of God's heavenly promises?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDani Treweek offers biblical, historical, cultural, and theological reflections to retrieve a theology of singleness for the church today. Drawing upon both ancient and contemporary theologians, including Augustine, �lfric of Eynsham, John Paul II, and Stanley Hauerwas, she contends not only that singleness has served an important role throughout the church's history, but that single Christians present the church with a foretaste of the eschatological reality that awaits all of God's people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from being a burden, then, Christian singleness is among the highest vocations of the faith.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Danielle Elizabeth Treweek","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40699210956849,"sku":"9781514004852","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/9926\/3793\/files\/9781514004852.jpg?v=1780471182","url":"https:\/\/bakerbookhouse.com\/products\/9781514004852_the-meaning-of-singleness","provider":"Baker Book House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}