Christian Librarianship

<p> Much of the current library literature assumes that professional library service is necessarily neutral-detached from the librarian's philosophical or religious views. By contrast contributors to this collection assert that librarianship is best practiced as an outworking of spiritual conviction. Accordingly they discuss principles for integrating Christian faith and librarianship within various contexts and reflect on professional issues from biblical and theological perspectives. This text will prove beneficial to Christians working in all types of libraries whether religious or secular.</p><p> 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 <I>A Rationale for Integrating Christian Faith and Librarianship The Master We Serve: The Call of the Christian Librarian to the Secular Workplace;</I> and <I>The Impact of the Christian Faith on Library Service.</I> Chapters in the second part include <I>Library Encounters Culture A Christian Approach to Intellectual Freedom in Libraries</I> and <I>Keeping Sunday Special in the Contemporary Workplace Culture.</I> Contributors include William Fraher Abernathy Rod Badams Donald G. Davis Jr. 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.</p>