Reviews for Radio Network Prime Time Programming, 1926-1967

The average rating for Radio Network Prime Time Programming, 1926-1967 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-03-13 00:00:00 Cathair Doherty Gregory A. Smith has made an important contribution to the literature with this collection of essays. Establishing the concept of an integration of Christian faith and librarianship theory and practice, and pulling together in one volume some of the important articles related to this concept, seems immensely helpful to Christian librarians, whether practicing in secular organizations or in specifically Christian organizations. The variety of topics, of writers, and of perspectives adds to the richness of the collection and celebrates the diversity even within something as specific as "Christian" librarianship. Still, the book delivered a bit less than I would have desired in some ways. Many of the essays in the book are somewhat dated. This is very likely the result of (as Smith mentions in his closing essay) a relative paucity of publication in this area from which to draw. Reading now a bit over a decade after publication, these particular essays begin to feel especially dated. Perhaps of more concern, despite the celebration of diverse viewpoints expressed above, is the pervasive conflation of "Evangelical" Christianity with Christianity. The book, and the essays within it, use the term "Christian" when most often they mean "Evangelical." I think Christian librarianship would benefit greatly from expanding it's circle of interaction to include those self-identified as Christian but from outside a specifically Evangelical understanding of that faith, and even with our secular colleagues.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-03-13 00:00:00 Jorge Cristoffanini Convincing This book is a convincing and well-written account of both Jane Fonda’s activities in Vietnam and the history of American treason law and prosecutions. My one reservation is that it gets a little too much into very extended quotes from primary sources.