{"product_id":"the-holy-war","title":"A Guerra Santa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if your soul were a walled town, and the enemy knew how to talk his way inside?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn John Bunyan’s Christian allegory The Holy War, Mansoul is both a splendid town and an image of a human being. Its maker, King Shaddai, represents God within the story. Diabolus wants to rule it, but his first weapons are flattery and argument, not force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the gates, Lord Willbewill stands for a will that can turn either way. Mr. Recorder, also called Conscience, speaks unwelcome truths. As Shaddai sends captains to reclaim Mansoul and his Son Emmanuel approaches, councils, petitions and sieges turn an inward struggle into a battle for the town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA mind made visible\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore a town whose streets, gates and officers give the inner life a concrete shape.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn enemy with arguments\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch Diabolus seek control of Mansoul through flattery and argument rather than force.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe will at the gates\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Lord Willbewill, the powerful officer whose changing loyalties embody the struggle to choose.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eConscience speaks unwelcome truths\u003c\/strong\u003e – Hear Mr. Recorder tell Mansoul what it needs to hear, even when truth is unwelcome.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFaith given dramatic form\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Bunyan’s vision of spiritual conflict through captains, councils, trials and appeals to the king.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of Christian allegory, the Puritan tradition and The Pilgrim’s Progress, and anyone drawn to a mind pictured as a city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and stand at the gates of Mansoul, where the struggle begins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534776467804,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/06406_en_ebook-front_c20.jpg?v=1792175208","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/pt\/products\/a-guerra-santa","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}