Christian Librarianship

Many Christian librarians find it challenging to integrate their religion and their profession. This text helps in this integration. It provides a foundation for further discussion of library issues from a Christian perspective and provides insight into Christian librarians. Both Christian-sponsored institutions and individual librarians of a Christian denomination will benefit. This compilation of 16 essays is divided into two main parts, the first on theory and the second on practice. The first part includes chapters such as A Rationale for Integrating Christian Faith and Librarianship, The Impact of the Christian Faith on Library Service and A Philosophy of Christian Librarianship. Chapters in the second part include Library Encounters Culture, Keeping Sunday Special in the Contemporary Workplace Culture and The Role of the Library in the Character Formation of the Christian College Student. Contributors include William Fraher Abernathy, Rod Badams, Donald G. Davis, John Allen Delivuk, Kenneth D. Gill, Graham Hedges, D. Elizabeth Irish, James R. Johnson, Roger W. Phillips, Gregory A. Smith, Stanford Terhune, John B. Trotti, John Mark Tucker and Geoff Warren.