James K. A. Smith

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1) Desiring the kingdom: worship, worldview, and cultural formation

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Smith, James K. A

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Cultural liturgies volume 1

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Desiring the Kingdom focuses education around the themes of liturgy, formation, and desire. The author contends - as did Augustine - that human beings are "desiring agents"; in other words, we are what we love. Postmodern culture, far from being "secular," is saturated with liturgy, but in places such as malls, stadiums, and universities. While these structures influence us, they do not point us to the best of ends. Smith aims to move beyond a focus...

2) Imagining the kingdom: how worship works

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Smith, James K. A

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Cultural liturgies volume 2

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"How does worship work? How exactly does liturgical formation shape people? And how does the Spirit marshal the dynamics of such transformation? In the second of James K.A. Smith's three-volume theology of culture, the author expands and deepens the analysis of cultural liturgies and Christian worship he developed in his acclaimed Desiring the Kingdom. Drawing on the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Pierre Bourdieu, this book helps readers understand...

3) On the Road with Saint Augustine: a real-world spirituality for restless hearts

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Smith, James K. A

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2019.

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"A popular speaker and award-winning author invites readers to meet the ancient African thinker who can help us find ourselves and a faith that speaks to our deepest hungers and hopes"--

4) How to inhabit time: understanding the past, facing the future, living faithfully now

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Smith, James K. A

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[2022]

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"Popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith helps Christians and the church develop a sense of "temporal awareness" that is attuned to the texture of history, the vicissitudes of life, and the tempo of the Spirit. Smith shows that awakening to the spiritual significance of time is crucial for orienting faith in the 21st century"--

5) How (not) to be secular: reading Charles Taylor

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Smith, James K. A

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[2014]

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This book is a smart, intelligent guide to navigating today's culture. How (Not) to Be Secular is what Jamie Smith calls "your hitchhiker's guide to the present." It is both a reading guide to Charles Taylor's monumental work A Secular Age and philosophical guidance on how we might learn to live in our times. Taylor's landmark book A Secular Age (2007) provides a monumental, incisive analysis of what it means to live in the post-Christian present...

6) Awaiting the King: reforming public theology

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Smith, James K. A

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Cultural liturgies volume Volume 3

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2017.

7) Who's afraid of postmodernism?: taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to church

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Smith, James K. A

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Church and postmodern culture

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The philosophies of French thinkers Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault form the basis for postmodern thought and are seemingly at odds with the Christian faith. However, James K.A. Smith claims that their ideas have been misinterpreted and actually have a deep affinity with central Christian claims. Each chapter opens with an illustration from a recent movie and concludes with a case study considering recent developments in the church that have attempted...