Books by James K Smith and Complete Book Reviews
James K.A. Smith. Baker Academic, $22.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-8010-3578-4
In the second of three volumes on a theology of culture, Smith (Desiring the Kingdom) urges churches to move beyond pursuing liturgy as a means to an end and instead to understand the embodied aspects of worship—kneeling, standing, singing, the...
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James K.A. Smith. Brazos, $19.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-58743-380-1
Smith (Desiring the Kingdom), philosophy professor at Calvin College, offers a thought-provoking analysis of present-day American culture's secular liturgies, which he defines as "rituals that are loaded with an ultimate Story about who we are and...
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James K.A. Smith. Baker Academic, $22.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-8010-3579-1
In this third volume of philosophy professor Smith’s Cultural Liturgies project (after You Are What You Love), he makes a nuanced critique of the contemporary church’s involvement in the political sphere. He argues for a “posture correction” that...
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