Faith Reads

Download or read book Faith Reads written by David Rainey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last—a resource for librarians who wish to build or develop their nonfiction collection and use it to better serve the needs of adult Christian readers. Covering the three major branches of Christianity (Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox), the author organizes more than 600 titles into subject categories ranging from biography, the arts, and education, to theology, devotion, and spiritual warfare. Award-winning classics are noted. Introductory narrative frames the literature, and helps librarians better understand Christian literature; and learn how to establish selection criteria for building a Christian nonfiction collection.