Smith’s “core claim . . . is that liturgies—whether ‘sacred’ or ‘secular’—shape and constitute our identities by forming our most fundamental desires and our most basic attunement to the world. . . . [i.e.,] liturgies make us certain kinds of people, and what defines us is what we love” (25)
Desiring the Kingdom
Book Review: Desiring the Kingdom
Once in a while a book comes along that crystallizes the things you have been thinking and takes you further down the road. This was such a book. James K.A. Smith contends that we are primarily “desiring animals” who think rather than “thinking things” who happen to have desires. He thinks much of Christian education […]