Search Results - "secularism"

Sacred stacks the higher purpose of libraries and librarianship / by Maxwell, Nancy Kalikow

Table of Contents: “…Libraries as sacred, secular institutions -- Librarians perform sacred functions -- Librarians and libraries organize chaos -- Librarians and libraries bestow immortality -- Librarians and libraries uplift individuals and society -- Libraries provide sacred, secular space -- Librarians and libraries promote community -- Librarians and libraries transmit culture to future generations -- Implications of libraries as sacred, secular institutions.…”
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Fever reading affect and reading badly in the early American public sphere / by Millner, Michael

Table of Contents: “…The senses of reading -- Good and bad reading in the early United States -- Obscene reading : the senses of reading badly -- Scandalous reading : the intrigues of the new public sensorium -- Prayerful reading : religious affect and the secular public sphere.…”
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