{"product_id":"deep-reading-practices-to-subvert-the-vices-of-our-distracted-hostile-and-consumeristic-age-paperback","title":"Deep Reading: Practices to Subvert the Vices of Our Distracted, Hostile, and Consumeristic Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel B. Griffis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJulie Ooms\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRachel M. de Smith Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book helps readers develop practices that will result in deep, formative, and faithful reading so they can contribute to the flourishing of their communities and cultivate their own spiritual and intellectual depth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors present reading as a remedy for three prevalent cultural vices--distraction, hostility, and consumerism--that impact the possibility of formative reading. Informed by James K. A. Smith's work on \"the spiritual power of habit,\" \u003ci\u003eDeep Reading \u003c\/i\u003eprovides resources for engaging in formative and culturally subversive reading practices that teach readers how to resist vices, love virtue, and desire the good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRather than emphasizing the spiritual benefits of reading specific texts such as Dante's \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e, the authors focus on the practice of reading itself. They examine practices many teachers, students, and avid readers employ--such as reading lists, reading logs, and discussion--and demonstrate how such practices can be more effectively and intentionally harnessed to result in deep\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ereading. The practices apply to any work that is meant to be read deeply.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A book for all readers who desire to read deeply and to live deeply\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresenting reading as a remedy for prevalent cultural vices--distraction, hostility, and consumerism--this book helps readers contribute to the flourishing of their communities and cultivate their own spiritual and intellectual depth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book eloquently joins the other voices calling us to soul-forming kinds of reading that can resist our descent into superficiality and hostility. Importantly, it goes beyond them in describing the actual practices that might get us there. All those who use text to teach others should read it. Anyone else who cares about reading and spiritual growth should join them.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eDavid I. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e, Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning, Calvin University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Drawing from years of experience and research, \u003ci\u003eDeep Reading\u003c\/i\u003e offers insights, approaches, and practices to equip readers and teachers of readers. It's not only a book for teachers; it's a book for all readers who desire to read deeply and to live deeply as well.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eKaren Swallow Prior\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDeep Reading\u003c\/i\u003e ought to be read and wrestled with by all those who want to read carefully and well, and it's particularly essential for those tasked with guiding others' reading in the classroom, the church, or the home. With its wealth of creative and practical examples, this book will enliven our efforts to read redemptively.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Bilbro\u003c\/b\u003e, Grove City College; editor-in-chief at Front Porch Republic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This jewel of a book will speak to readers of all sorts and inspire them to engage in deep, open, and generous reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eSusan VanZanten\u003c\/b\u003e, Valparaiso University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDeep Reading\u003c\/i\u003e is highly recommended for any lovers of books, especially educators; we all have much more to learn about embodied, engaged, deeply human reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eMary McCampbell\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eImagining Our Neighbors as Ourselves: How Art Shapes Empathy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel B. Griffis\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Baylor University) is associate professor of English at Spring Arbor University in Spring Arbor, Michigan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulie Ooms\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Baylor University) is associate professor of English at Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis, Missouri.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel M. De Smith Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Baylor University) is associate professor of English at North Greenville University in Tigerville, South Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42153200550023,"sku":"9781540966957","price":26.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/00ae2cb57cad9efccb1a142e7a64b2d7.webp?v=1733219758","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/deep-reading-practices-to-subvert-the-vices-of-our-distracted-hostile-and-consumeristic-age-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}