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Recovering the Lost Art of Reading: A Quest for the True, the Good, and the Beautiful

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Recovering the Lost Art of Reading: A Quest for the True, the Good, and the Beautiful

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A Christian Perspective on the Joys of Reading

In today’s technology-driven culture, reading has become a lost art. With smartphones offering information at the tap of a finger, reading a book is often seen as a tedious and outdated activity. Christians are not immune to this problem, as many Christians find it hard to read books—even the Bible—consistently and attentively. Recovering the Lost Art of Reading addresses these timely issues by exploring the importance of reading generally as well as studying the Bible as literature, giving practical suggestions along the way. In this helpful guide, Leland Ryken and Glenda Faye Mathes encourage a new generation of readers to overcome the notion of reading as a duty and learn to see it as a delight.

240 pages

View excerpt here.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Welcome to the Conversation

Reading Is a Lost Art
Chapter 1: Is Reading Lost?
Chapter 2: What Have We Lost?
Chapter 3: Why Consider Reading an Art?

Reading Literature
Chapter 4: What Is Literature?
Chapter 5: Why Does Literature Matter?
Chapter 6: What Does Literature Offer?
Chapter 7: Reading Stories: Tell Me a Story
Chapter 8: Reading Poems: Songs of the Soul
Chapter 9: Reading Novels: Come Away with Me
Chapter 10: Reading Fantasy: A Far Journey
Chapter 11: Reading Children’s Books: Once Upon a Time
Chapter 12: Reading Creative Nonfiction: To Tell the Truth
Chapter 13: Reading the Bible as Literature: Words of Delight

Recovering the Art of Reading
Chapter 14: Recovery through Discovery
Chapter 15: Truth in Literature
Chapter 16: The Moral Vision in Literature
Chapter 17: Beauty in Literature
Chapter 18: Discovering Literary Excellence
Chapter 19: Freedom to Read
Chapter 20: Reading Good Books
Chapter 21: Calling and Creativity
Chapter 22: Literature and the Spiritual Life: Over and Above

 

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Out of Print. Limited stock while available!

A Christian Perspective on the Joys of Reading

In today’s technology-driven culture, reading has become a lost art. With smartphones offering information at the tap of a finger, reading a book is often seen as a tedious and outdated activity. Christians are not immune to this problem, as many Christians find it hard to read books—even the Bible—consistently and attentively. Recovering the Lost Art of Reading addresses these timely issues by exploring the importance of reading generally as well as studying the Bible as literature, giving practical suggestions along the way. In this helpful guide, Leland Ryken and Glenda Faye Mathes encourage a new generation of readers to overcome the notion of reading as a duty and learn to see it as a delight.

240 pages

View excerpt here.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Welcome to the Conversation

Reading Is a Lost Art
Chapter 1: Is Reading Lost?
Chapter 2: What Have We Lost?
Chapter 3: Why Consider Reading an Art?

Reading Literature
Chapter 4: What Is Literature?
Chapter 5: Why Does Literature Matter?
Chapter 6: What Does Literature Offer?
Chapter 7: Reading Stories: Tell Me a Story
Chapter 8: Reading Poems: Songs of the Soul
Chapter 9: Reading Novels: Come Away with Me
Chapter 10: Reading Fantasy: A Far Journey
Chapter 11: Reading Children’s Books: Once Upon a Time
Chapter 12: Reading Creative Nonfiction: To Tell the Truth
Chapter 13: Reading the Bible as Literature: Words of Delight

Recovering the Art of Reading
Chapter 14: Recovery through Discovery
Chapter 15: Truth in Literature
Chapter 16: The Moral Vision in Literature
Chapter 17: Beauty in Literature
Chapter 18: Discovering Literary Excellence
Chapter 19: Freedom to Read
Chapter 20: Reading Good Books
Chapter 21: Calling and Creativity
Chapter 22: Literature and the Spiritual Life: Over and Above