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| Title |
Desiring the kingdom : worship, worldview, and cultural formation / James K.A. Smith. - |
| Author |
Smith, James K. A. |
| Call number |
BV178 .S63 2009 |
| Year |
c2009 |
| Size |
238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Volume 1 of Cultural liturgie |
| Publisher |
Baker Academic |
| ISBN |
9780801035777 (pbk.) 0801035775 (pbk.) |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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 on "worldview" to see Christian education as a counter-formation to these secular liturgies. His ultimate purpose is to re-vision Christian education as a formative process that redirects our desire toward God''s kingdom and its vision of flourishing. --from publisher descriptioin
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| Subject Term |
Liturgics | Christianity and culture | Liturgical adaptation | Christianity | Philosophy |
| Contents |
Introduction: Beyond "perspectives" : faith and learning take practice
Part 1 Desiring, imaginative animals : we are what we love
Homo liturgicus : the human person as lover
Love takes practice : liturgy, formation, and counter-formation
Lovers in a dangerous time : cultural exegesis of "secular" liturgies
Part 2 Desiring the kingdom : the practiced shape of the Christian life
From worship to worldview : Christian worship and the formation of desire
Practicing (for) the kingdom: an exegesis of the social imaginary embedded in Christian worship
A Christian university is for lovers : the education of desire |
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