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Reading for the Common Good – How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish

Smith, C. Christopher Mcknight, Scot
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780830844494
Publisert
2016-05-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Inter-Varsity Press,US
Vekt
226 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
179

Forfatter
Smith, C. Christopher
Mcknight, Scot

Biografisk notat

C. Christopher Smith is editor of The Englewood Review of Books and a member of the Englewood Christian Church community on the urban Near Eastside of Indianapolis. He is the coauthor of Slow Church. Chris's writing has appeared in Books and Culture, Sojourners, The Christian Century and Indiana Green Living. Scot McKnight (Ph.D., University of Nottingham) is professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois. He is the author of The Jesus Creed, The King Jesus Gospel, A Community Called Atonement, Embracing Grace, The Real Mary and commentaries on James, Galatians and 1 Peter, and coeditor of the award-winning Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. He is also a widely recognized blogger at the Jesus Creed blog. His other interests include golfing, gardening and traveling.

Reading for the Common Good – How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish

Smith, C. Christopher Mcknight, Scot
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk
Smith, C. Christopher Mcknight, Scot
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk
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"The co-author of the bestselling <em>Slow Church</em> returns with this call to churches to wake up from being passively consumed and engage the world with words and creativity. Smith calls the church to be an organization that values learning as deeply as doing. The book includes suggestions for how to become a reading congregation as well as reading lists."

- The Covenant Companion, September/October 2016,

"Anyone who likes to read knows that feeling of connectedness when an author expresses an idea or a thought that resonates with us. It makes us feel less alone in the universe to know that someone else has wrestled with concepts or problems that concern us. Connection, church, community: Smith encourages us to read all about it."

- Carol Balinski, Reading Eagle, March 26, 2016,

"<em>Reading for the Common Good</em> encourages the reader to pursue Truth and Beauty outside of what is traditionally considered as the Christian realm. It invites us to pursue those virtues everywhere, to develop and cultivate deeper understandings of the world we live in. It calls us to be informed, thoughtful, and engaged with those around us, to push for flourishing and the common good."

- Brecken Mumford, Ruminate Magazine,

We have been created to live and work in community. But all too often we see ourselves primarily as individuals and run the risk of working at cross-purposes with the organizations we serve. Living faithfully in a neighborhood involves two interwoven threads: learning and action. In this book C. Christopher Smith, coauthor of Slow Church, looks at the local church as an organization in which both learning and action lie at the heart of its identity. He explores the practice of reading and, in his words, "how we can read together in ways that drive us deeper into action." Smith continues, "Church can no longer simply be an experience to be passively consumed; rather, we are called into the participatory life of a community. Reading is a vital practice for helping our churches navigate this shift." Discover how books can help your churches and neighborhoods bring flourishing to the world.
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We have been created to live and work faithfully in community, and that involves two interwoven threads: learning and action. C. Christopher Smith explores the practice of reading and, in his words, "how we can read together in ways that drive us deeper into action." Discover how books can help your churches and neighborhoods bring flourishing to the world.
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Foreward by Scot McKnight
Introduction: The Local Church as Learning Organization
1. Slow Reading in Accelerating Times
2. Shaping the Social Imagination
3. Reading and Our Congregational Identity
4. Discerning our Call
5. Reading with Our Neighbors
6. Deepening Our Roots in Our Neighborhoods
7. Hope for Our Interconnected Creation
8. Toward Faithful Engagement in Economics and Politics
9. Becoming a Reading Congregation
Epilogue: Revive Us Again
Acknowledgments
Reading Lists
List 1: Recommended Reading for Going Deeper
List 2: Englewood Christian Church Reading List
Notes
Les mer
"There are many books on the common good, but C. Christopher Smith's new book on reading for the common good is one of the most intriguing and compelling to come out in a long time. Reading for the Common Good weaves personal enrichment, ethics and education into a beautiful and simple unity. It is a paradigm-altering book and one that is sure to enrich and inspire as we seek to find meaningful ways to think about and engage our communities, cities and the world."
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"The co-author of the bestselling <em>Slow Church</em> returns with this call to churches to wake up from being passively consumed and engage the world with words and creativity. Smith calls the church to be an organization that values learning as deeply as doing. The book includes suggestions for how to become a reading congregation as well as reading lists."

- The Covenant Companion, September/October 2016,

"Anyone who likes to read knows that feeling of connectedness when an author expresses an idea or a thought that resonates with us. It makes us feel less alone in the universe to know that someone else has wrestled with concepts or problems that concern us. Connection, church, community: Smith encourages us to read all about it."

- Carol Balinski, Reading Eagle, March 26, 2016,

"<em>Reading for the Common Good</em> encourages the reader to pursue Truth and Beauty outside of what is traditionally considered as the Christian realm. It invites us to pursue those virtues everywhere, to develop and cultivate deeper understandings of the world we live in. It calls us to be informed, thoughtful, and engaged with those around us, to push for flourishing and the common good."

- Brecken Mumford, Ruminate Magazine,

We have been created to live and work in community. But all too often we see ourselves primarily as individuals and run the risk of working at cross-purposes with the organizations we serve. Living faithfully in a neighborhood involves two interwoven threads: learning and action. In this book C. Christopher Smith, coauthor of Slow Church, looks at the local church as an organization in which both learning and action lie at the heart of its identity. He explores the practice of reading and, in his words, "how we can read together in ways that drive us deeper into action." Smith continues, "Church can no longer simply be an experience to be passively consumed; rather, we are called into the participatory life of a community. Reading is a vital practice for helping our churches navigate this shift." Discover how books can help your churches and neighborhoods bring flourishing to the world.
Les mer
We have been created to live and work faithfully in community, and that involves two interwoven threads: learning and action. C. Christopher Smith explores the practice of reading and, in his words, "how we can read together in ways that drive us deeper into action." Discover how books can help your churches and neighborhoods bring flourishing to the world.
Les mer
Foreward by Scot McKnight
Introduction: The Local Church as Learning Organization
1. Slow Reading in Accelerating Times
2. Shaping the Social Imagination
3. Reading and Our Congregational Identity
4. Discerning our Call
5. Reading with Our Neighbors
6. Deepening Our Roots in Our Neighborhoods
7. Hope for Our Interconnected Creation
8. Toward Faithful Engagement in Economics and Politics
9. Becoming a Reading Congregation
Epilogue: Revive Us Again
Acknowledgments
Reading Lists
List 1: Recommended Reading for Going Deeper
List 2: Englewood Christian Church Reading List
Notes
Les mer
"There are many books on the common good, but C. Christopher Smith's new book on reading for the common good is one of the most intriguing and compelling to come out in a long time. Reading for the Common Good weaves personal enrichment, ethics and education into a beautiful and simple unity. It is a paradigm-altering book and one that is sure to enrich and inspire as we seek to find meaningful ways to think about and engage our communities, cities and the world."
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780830844494
Publisert
2016-05-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Inter-Varsity Press,US
Vekt
226 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
179

Forfatter
Smith, C. Christopher
Mcknight, Scot

Biografisk notat

C. Christopher Smith is editor of The Englewood Review of Books and a member of the Englewood Christian Church community on the urban Near Eastside of Indianapolis. He is the coauthor of Slow Church. Chris's writing has appeared in Books and Culture, Sojourners, The Christian Century and Indiana Green Living. Scot McKnight (Ph.D., University of Nottingham) is professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois. He is the author of The Jesus Creed, The King Jesus Gospel, A Community Called Atonement, Embracing Grace, The Real Mary and commentaries on James, Galatians and 1 Peter, and coeditor of the award-winning Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. He is also a widely recognized blogger at the Jesus Creed blog. His other interests include golfing, gardening and traveling.

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