Reading Guides, Volume 9

Slow Church Reading List #1 – Theological Roots

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Alan Kreider

A brand new book that explores patience (and thus slowness) as a defining characteristic of the church in the earliest centuries.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Joan Chittister

A compelling meditation on the slowness and attentiveness of the Benedictine tradition and what it might mean for churches today.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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A little-known text from the early Christian era, on the virtue of patience and its necessity for the life of the church.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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C. Christopher Smith is the founding editor of The Englewood Review of Books. He is also author of a number of books, including most recently How the Body of Christ Talks: Recovering the Practice of Conversation in the Church (Brazos Press, 2019). Connect with him online at: C-Christopher-Smith.com


 
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