{"product_id":"puzzles-4","title":"Puzzles","description":"\u003cb\u003eA seminar, a sixteenth-century heretical text, and the art of slow reading—this is historical research as you’ve never seen it before.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatience Games: A Seminar on the 'Benefit of Christ'\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers into the unpredictable world of scholarly discovery, where interpretation is not a straight path but a labyrinth of dialogue revision. At the heart of this book is a seminar held forty years ago at the University of Bologna, where students wrestled with \u003ci\u003eThe Beneficio di Cristo\u003c\/i\u003e, the incendiary sixteenth-century text that questioned Church authority and championed salvation through grace alone. This is not a neatly packaged historical study, however—it is an unfiltered look at the errors and insights that emerge in the collective process of reading and debating a text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through shifting hypotheses and the sheer unpredictability of research, \u003ci\u003ePatience Games\u003c\/i\u003e dismantles the illusion of scholarship as a sterile pursuit, revealing instead a messy, deeply human endeavor. Blending sharp analysis with wit and self-irony, the book makes a compelling case for the continued importance of slow reading—even in an age where knowledge is just a click away.","brand":"Seagull Books London Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55287553360216,"sku":"9781803095431","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781803095431.jpg?v=1779515164","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/puzzles-4","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}