How-to-Think-About-How-You-Read

Human bodies differ, as do their adaptations for reading. But they’re also similar. So, what’s helped me might spark your imagination too.

Reading is a task for the whole body. And the discipline of “ergonomics” can help you improve how you read.

The body’s influence on reading isn’t an excuse for inattention to ourselves or criticism of others. It’s a basis for learning to read better.

The body shapes interpretation and, therefore, reading as an interpretive act. But that’s no excuse for “Bulverizing” dismissal of others.

Your body can pose challenges to your reading efforts. But addressing those challenges are precisely part of how your body enables reading.

Biblical studies isn’t jurisprudence. But both are thoroughly interpretive. So, you need to watch for where you’re being a “hungry judge.”

Forgetting the reading body can have a kind of utility to it. Despite this fact, that forgetfulness remains problematic and needs a solution.

You can’t read independently of your body. But for three reasons, reading bodies often get forgotten in thinking about the task of reading.

Biblical scholarship often considers reading as a mental activity. It’s about understanding texts. But in reading the whole body is critical.