Alan Jacobs (2) (1958–)
Autor von The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis
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Alan Jacobs is professor of English at Wheaton College in Illinois
Werke von Alan Jacobs
Must Christianity Be Violent?: Reflections on History, Practice, and Theology (2003) — Herausgeber; Nachwort — 83 Exemplare
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Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (2005) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 531 Exemplare
Das Zeitalter der Angst : ein dramatisches Gedicht (1947) — Herausgeber, einige Ausgaben — 198 Exemplare
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- Jacobs, Alan
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- 1958
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- USA
- Wohnorte
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Waco, Texas, USA - Ausbildung
- University of Alabama (BA|1980)
University of Virginia (Ph.D|1987) - Berufe
- professor
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- Wheaton College
The New Atlantis
Baylor University
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It also didn't help that Jacobs is a Professor, and writes like one: in a heavily academic style which made my eyes glaze over. Then there was the constant repetition. He reiterated his points over and over again, and even re-quoted his sources, leaving me to wonder if I'd accidentally flipped back a few pages. I finished the book thinking this could have been better as a punchy essay rather than as a full-length book.
Still, I can definitely get behind the core philosophy of this book: read primarily for enjoyment, read at whim, and don't read so you can check something off a list. Great! I'm all for telling readers to embrace their own individual reading tastes, guilt-free.
The main piece of advice that really resonated with me was the concept that reading is something that works best when done in solitude. As someone who's tried to sneak chapters amidst the daily hustle of family life, this piece of insight really struck a chord. It’s not me; it’s the chaos of the living room! Realizing that my environment is at least partly to blame for my reading frustrations was a genuine lightbulb moment.
Jacobs also reminds us that life is noisy, and distractions have always been around. Even our ancestors struggled to keep their attention glued to a book; somehow, knowing that made me feel better about my own wandering focus.… (mehr)