Desiring the Kingdom

Desiring the KingdomThe first edition of Desiring the Kingdom has been widely used in a variety of educational settings. In this substantial revision, popular speaker and award winning author James K. A. Smith rearticulates his core argument that human beings are lovers shaped by liturgies for a new context. Smith helps us recognize the way cultural practices form and deform us. At the heart of Desiring the Kingdom is an account of Christian assimilation to rival

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Irwin and Perry reexamine the key texts and show that Ezekiel

He begins with a helpful introduction to the letter of Ephesians in which he addresses issues of authorship

the perfect tense

Orthodox Christians affirm and worship a triune God

the Gospel of John's distinctive way of presenting the life

Dzubinski explains how organizational dysfunction is often caused by systems that prioritize men over women in ways that are detrimental to the organization as well as to the people in them--men and women alike

and Carolyn Nystrom

political tribalism

- Experience a structured and attentive way to focus on Christ

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She makes an exegetical and theological case that human beings were created to need the presence of God in order to flourish