01833cam a2200373 i 4500 18998441 OSt 20260317124223.0 160302s2016 ilua b 000 0 eng 2016010691 9780830844494 pbk. : alk. paper 18998441 DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc BV600.3 .S64 2016 253/.7 23 Smith, C. Christopher, author. Reading for the common good : how books help our churches and neighborhoods flourish / C. Christopher Smith ; foreword by Scot McKnight. Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2016] 176 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. The local church as learning organization -- Slow reading in accelerating times -- Shaping the social imagination -- Reading and our congregational identity -- Discerning our call -- Reading with our neighbors -- Deepening our roots in our neighborhoods -- Hope for our interconnected creation -- Toward faithful engagement in economics and politics -- Becoming a reading congregation -- Revive us again. Church. Christian life. Christians Books and reading. Christians Learning and scholarship. Online version: Smith, C. Christopher, author. Reading for the common good Downers Grove : InterVarsity, 2016 9780830899678 (DLC) 2016011226 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 21534 21533 0 0 lcc 0 KABU KABU GEN 2026-03-17 Donation 2025/2395 0 BV600.3 .S64 2016 C.1 38853 2026-03-17 12:43:36 C.1 2026-03-17 BK