TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bilbro,Jeffrey
TI  - Reading the times: a literary and theological inquiry into the news 
SN  - 0830841857
AV  - BV652.95 .B55 2021
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Downers Grove, IL
PB  - IVP Academic
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Objectivity
KW  - United States
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Newspaper reading
KW  - Religion and the press
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -