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050 0 0 _aBV652.95
_b.B55 2021
100 1 _aBilbro, Jeffrey,
245 1 0 _aReading the times :
_ba literary and theological inquiry into the news /
_cby Jeffrey Bilbro.
263 _a2104.
263 _a2104.
264 1 _aDowners Grove, IL :
_bIVP Academic
_c2021.
300 _axii, 186 pages :
_billustrations ; 22 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: reading the news in order to love our neighbors -- Part 1. Attention -- Macadamized mind -- The blessed man as a rooted tree -- Liturgies of attention -- Part 2. Time -- Kairos verses chronos -- Figural imagination -- Liturgies of Christian time -- Part 3. Community -- Belonging in the public sphere -- Belonging outside the public sphere -- Liturgies of Christian belonging.
520 _a"When we read the news, we are not merely informed-we're also formed. In this refreshing call to put the news in its place, Jeffrey Bilbro helps us gain a theological and historical perspective on the nature and very purpose of news. Offering an alternative vision of the rhythms of life, he suggests thoughtful practices for media consumption in order cultivate healthier ways of reading and being"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aJournalism
_xObjectivity
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMass media
_xReligious aspects
_xChristianity.
650 0 _aNewspaper reading.
650 0 _aReligion and the press
_zUnited States.
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