Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books

Name: Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books
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ISBN: 9781433522260

ISBN-10: 1433522268

ISBN-13: 9781433522260

Edition: 2011

Authors: Tony Reinke, C. J. Mahaney

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A call for Christians to reclaim the priority, privilege, and practice of reading. Christians are identified as people of the Word-submitted to the authority of God#x19;s written Word, called to center our lives on it and not on the image-driven world that vies for our gaze. But how do we build such lives, and what do they look like?#xA0; Tony Reinke#x19;s answer is that we are to be readers of the Word of God and of the many other books that reflect God#x19;s truth, goodness, and beauty in the world. In Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books, Reinke lays out a theology of reading built around the gospel, developed from Scripture, and corroborated by church history. He offers guidance for…

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List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Crossway
Publication date: 9/9/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction



A Theology of Books and Reading



Paper Pulp and Etched Granite


Laying the Cornerstone of Our Theology of Books



Wide-Eyed into the Son


How Personal Sin and the Gospel Shape Our Literacy



Reading Is Believing


Savoring Books in an Eye-Candy Culture



Reading from across the Canyon


How a Biblical Worldview Equips Us to Benefit from Books



The Giver's Voice


Seven Benefits of Reading Non-Christian Books



The God Who Slays Dragons


The Purifying Power of Christian Imagination



Some Practical Advice on Book Reading



Read with Resolve


Six Priorities That Decide What Books I Read (and Don't Read)



How to Read a Book


20 Tips and Tricks for Reading Nonfiction Books



Literature Is Life


Tapping into the Benefits of Fiction Literature



Too Busy to Read


Six Ways to Find (and Protect) the Time You Need to Read Books



Driven to Distraction


How Internet Habits Cripple Book Reading



Marginalia


The Fine Art of Defacing Books with Pencils, Pens, and Highlighters



Reading Together


Community One Book at a Time



Raising Readers


How Parents and Pastors Can Ignite in Others a Love for Book Reading



Happily Ever After


Five Marks of a Healthy Book Reader


Acknowledgments


Notes