Book Review: The Dangers of Christian Practice: On Wayward Gifts, Characteristic Damage, and Sin

“History of Christian Spirituality” class that pays attention to a few classics throughout history. I can also imagine this book informing Adult Christian education teachers who want to do a special class on the Imitation. I found that the discussion questions at the end of each chapter of Thomas à Kempis stimulated conceptual analysis, whereas the prompts at the end of each chapter of Billy’s edition of the Imitation stimulated spiritual self-examination. Thomas à Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ is an important work of Christian devotion. Greg Peter’s treatment of this book in Thomas à Kempis is a much needed contribution to the field of modern devotion studies. It is also a doorway into the— perhaps unfamiliar—spirituality of this time and text. It’s about time.