Remembering the art of reading …

… Returning to the Love of the Book - Front Porch Republic. (Hat tip, Dave Lul.) 

To propel Christians back to this love, Reading for the Love of God examines historic reading methods in church tradition and well-known readers who are worthy of imitation. It contains a wealth of time-tested reading practices, including four ways gleaned from Jesus’ mode of reading: literal, figurative, moral, and anagogical. Hooten Wilson draws on theological as well as literary works to demonstrate various approaches to a text, leading to the contemplative mode, which she asserts should be “the end of all our reading.” She explains, “whereas the world trains us toward a utilitarian vision that is consumerist and destructive, the contemplative remains open to mystery and enchantment” and “is ultimately life-giving.”