{"product_id":"9781625582416","title":"The Imitation of Christ","description":"Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than \u003cb\u003eThe Imitation of Christ\u003c\/b\u003e. This meditation on the spiritual life has inspired readers from Thomas More and St. Ignatius Loyola to Thomas Merton and Pope John Paul II. Written by the Augustinian monk Thomas à Kempis between 1420 and 1427, it contains clear instructions for renouncing wordly vanities and locating eternal truths.  No book has more explicitly and movingly described the Christian ideal: \"My son, to the degree that you can leave yourself behind, to that degree will you be able to enter into Me.\" With a new Foreword by Carl Anderson, the Supreme Knight and chief executive officer of the Knights of Columbus.","brand":"Start Publishing LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152010199280,"sku":"9781625582416","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781625582416_p0.jpg?v=1763864356","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781625582416","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}