Mary McCampbell

Deep Reading

Theology

“This well-researched and highly engaging book by three seasoned English professors provides both theological impetus and practical guidance for becoming wise, hospitable readers who read to gain wisdom, an empathetic imagination, and a greater capacity for love. Deep Reading is both timely and timeless as it highlights contemporary manifestations of the historical vices of ‘distraction,’ ‘hostility,’ and ‘consumerism’ that hinder attentive, active reading. These three educators both argue and illustrate the many ways in which ‘deep reading is an antidote to the vices of our age.’ Deep Reading is highly recommended for any lovers of books, especially educators; we all have much more to learn about embodied, engaged, deeply human reading.”

Untangled

Arts & Literature

“Untangled is a hybrid collection of creative nonfiction and poetry held together by a common theme: longing. In re-narrating her own rich Trinidadian history, Joy Rudder discloses the impact of colonizers’ unholy longings for mammon that ravished a land and a people—longings that prove tepid alongside the deeper human desire for the One called ‘Love,’ whose voice whispers through all things to animate and redeem. Rudder has the promise of the kingdom in her voice, both in its critique and in its lyrical hope.”