Desiring The Kingdom
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Desiring The Kingdom Cultural Liturgies
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Author : James K. A. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2009-08-01
Desiring The Kingdom Cultural Liturgies written by James K. A. Smith and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with Religion categories.
Malls, stadiums, and universities are actually liturgical structures that influence and shape our thoughts and affections. Humans--as Augustine noted--are "desiring agents," full of longings and passions; in brief, we are what we love. James K. A. Smith focuses on the themes of liturgy and desire in Desiring the Kingdom, the first book in what will be a three-volume set on the theology of culture. He redirects our yearnings to focus on the greatest good: God. Ultimately, Smith seeks to re-vision education through the process and practice of worship. Students of philosophy, theology, worldview, and culture will welcome Desiring the Kingdom, as will those involved in ministry and other interested readers.
Desiring The Kingdom
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Author : James K. A. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2009-08-01
Desiring The Kingdom written by James K. A. Smith and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with Religion categories.
Malls, stadiums, and universities are actually liturgical structures that influence and shape our thoughts and affections. Humans--as Augustine noted--are "desiring agents," full of longings and passions; in brief, we are what we love. James K. A. Smith focuses on the themes of liturgy and desire in Desiring the Kingdom, the first book in what will be a three-volume set on the theology of culture. He redirects our yearnings to focus on the greatest good: God. Ultimately, Smith seeks to re-vision education through the process and practice of worship. Students of philosophy, theology, worldview, and culture will welcome Desiring the Kingdom, as will those involved in ministry and other interested readers.
Desiring The Kingdom
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Author : James K. A. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2009-08-01
Desiring The Kingdom written by James K. A. Smith and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-01 with Religion categories.
Malls, stadiums, and universities are actually liturgical structures that influence and shape our thoughts and affections. Humans--as Augustine noted--are "desiring agents," full of longings and passions; in brief, we are what we love. James K. A. Smith focuses on the themes of liturgy and desire in Desiring the Kingdom, the first book in what will be a three-volume set on the theology of culture. He redirects our yearnings to focus on the greatest good: God. Ultimately, Smith seeks to re-vision education through the process and practice of worship. Students of philosophy, theology, worldview, and culture will welcome Desiring the Kingdom, as will those involved in ministry and other interested readers.
Imagining The Kingdom
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Author : James K. A. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2013-02-15
Imagining The Kingdom written by James K. A. Smith and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-15 with Religion categories.
2013 Word Guild Award (Academic) How does worship work? How exactly does liturgical formation shape us? What are 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 well-received Desiring the Kingdom. He helps us understand and appreciate the bodily basis of habit formation and how liturgical formation--both "secular" and Christian--affects our fundamental orientation to the world. Worship "works" by leveraging our bodies to transform our imagination, and it does this through stories we understand on a register that is closer to body than mind. This has critical implications for how we think about Christian formation. Professors and students will welcome this work as will pastors, worship leaders, and Christian educators. The book includes analyses of popular films, novels, and other cultural phenomena, such as The King's Speech, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, and Facebook.
Awaiting The King Cultural Liturgies Book 3
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Author : James K. A. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2017-11-07
Awaiting The King Cultural Liturgies Book 3 written by James K. A. Smith and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-07 with Religion categories.
In this culmination of his widely read and highly acclaimed Cultural Liturgies project, James K. A. Smith examines politics through the lens of liturgy. What if, he asks, citizens are not only thinkers or believers but also lovers? Smith explores how our analysis of political institutions would look different if we viewed them as incubators of love-shaping practices--not merely governing us but forming what we love. How would our political engagement change if we weren't simply looking for permission to express our "views" in the political sphere but actually hoped to shape the ethos of a nation, a state, or a municipality to foster a way of life that bends toward shalom? This book offers a well-rounded public theology as an alternative to contemporary debates about politics. Smith explores the religious nature of politics and the political nature of Christian worship, sketching how the worship of the church propels us to be invested in forging the common good. This book creatively merges theological and philosophical reflection with illustrations from film, novels, and music and includes helpful exposition and contemporary commentary on key figures in political theology.
You Are What You Love
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Author : James K. A. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Brazos Press
Release Date : 2016-03-29
You Are What You Love written by James K. A. Smith and has been published by Brazos Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-29 with Religion categories.
You are what you love. But you might not love what you think. In this book, award-winning author James K. A. Smith shows that who and what we worship fundamentally shape our hearts. And while we desire to shape culture, we are not often aware of how culture shapes us. We might not realize the ways our hearts are being taught to love rival gods instead of the One for whom we were made. Smith helps readers recognize the formative power of culture and the transformative possibilities of Christian practices. He explains that worship is the "imagination station" that incubates our loves and longings so that our cultural endeavors are indexed toward God and his kingdom. This is why the church and worshiping in a local community of believers should be the hub and heart of Christian formation and discipleship. Following the publication of his influential work Desiring the Kingdom, Smith received numerous requests from pastors and leaders for a more accessible version of that book's content. No mere abridgment, this new book draws on years of Smith's popular presentations on the ideas in Desiring the Kingdom to offer a fresh, bottom-up rearticulation. The author creatively uses film, literature, and music illustrations to engage readers and includes new material on marriage, family, youth ministry, and faith and work. He also suggests individual and communal practices for shaping the Christian life.
A Kingdom Called Desire
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Author : Rick McKinley
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan
Release Date : 2011-04-05
A Kingdom Called Desire written by Rick McKinley and has been published by Zondervan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-05 with Religion categories.
Including practical theology of why living out of a place of authentic desire is central to living in the Kingdom of God, Rick McKinley will help you understand how your innermost desires shape your experience of following Jesus. A Kingdom Called Desire will help you: Uncover your core desires Discover the freedom of living honestly before God Allow God's desires to shape your life See how your own unique personality, gifts, and experiences can be used by Jesus in his Kingdom The results of McKinley's life-changing message can be seen in people from his own community at Imago Dei. While A Kingdom Called Desire will inspire you to see the practical display of Kingdom theology, it will also be deeply formational, allowing you to engage in your own personal journey and find healing and redemption in your unmet desires. A Kingdom Called Desire will unleash you from stale religious duty, as well as cynical social activism, bringing you into a dynamic love relationship with Jesus, motivated by the fulfillment of authentic desire.
Desiring God S Will
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Author : David G. Benner
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2015-09-23
Desiring God S Will written by David G. Benner and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-23 with Religion categories.
How do we become both willing and able to do what God asks of us? In this expanded edition of a spiritual formation classic, psychologist and spiritual director David G. Benner explores the transformation of the will in Christian spirituality, examining why our desires are disordered and how we can align our hearts with God's.
Imagining The Kingdom Cultural Liturgies
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Author : James K. A. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Baker Books
Release Date : 2013-02-15
Imagining The Kingdom Cultural Liturgies written by James K. A. Smith and has been published by Baker Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-15 with Religion categories.
How does worship work? How exactly does liturgical formation shape us? What are 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 well-received Desiring the Kingdom. He helps us understand and appreciate the bodily basis of habit formation and how liturgical formation--both "secular" and Christian--affects our fundamental orientation to the world. Worship "works" by leveraging our bodies to transform our imagination, and it does this through stories we understand on a register that is closer to body than mind. This has critical implications for how we think about Christian formation. Professors and students will welcome this work as will pastors, worship leaders, and Christian educators. The book includes analyses of popular films, novels, and other cultural phenomena, such as The King's Speech, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, and Facebook.
Desiring Revolution
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Author : Jane Gerhard
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2001-04-12
Desiring Revolution written by Jane Gerhard and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04-12 with Social Science categories.
There was a moment in the 1970s when sex was what mattered most to feminists. White middle-class women viewed sex as central to both their oppression and their liberation. Young women started to speak and write about the clitoris, orgasm, and masturbation, and publishers and the news media jumped at the opportunity to disseminate their views. In Desiring Revolution, Gerhard asks why issues of sex and female pleasure came to matter so much to these "second-wave feminists." In answering this question Gerhard reveals the diverse views of sexuality within feminism and shows how the radical ideas put forward by this generation of American women was a response to attempts to define and contain female sexuality going back to the beginning of the century. Gerhard begins by showing how the "marriage experts" of the first half of the twentieth century led people to believe that female sexuality was bound up in bearing children. Ideas about normal, white, female heterosexuality began to change, however, in the 1950s and 1960s with the widely reported, and somewhat shocking, studies of Kinsey and Masters and Johnson, whose research spoke frankly about female sexual anatomy, practices, and pleasures. Gerhard then focuses on the sexual revolution between 1968 and 1975. Examining the work of Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, Erica Jong, and Kate Millet, among many others, she reveals how little the diverse representatives of this movement shared other than the desire that women gain control of their own sexual destinies. Finally, Gerhard examines the divisions that opened up between anti-pornography (or "anti-sex") feminists and anti-censorship (or "pro-sex") radicals. At once erudite and refreshingly accessible, Desiring Revolution provides the first full account of the unfolding of the feminist sexual revolution.