Each month, we feature a book from the Lumina College Library handpicked by our librarian. This month's Book of the Month is:
Title: How to inhabit time
Publisher： Brazos Press
Author： James K.A. Smith
Synopsis
*2023 Christian Book Award® Winner (Christian Living)
*Christianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist (Christian Living & Spiritual Formation)
*Outreach 2023 Recommended Resource (Christian Living)
*A "Best Book of 2022," Englewood Review of Books
Popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith explains that we must reckon with the past in order to discern the present and have hope for the future. Integrating popular culture, biblical exposition, and meditation, he helps us develop a sense of "temporal awareness" that is attuned to the texture of history, the vicissitudes of life, and the tempo of the Spirit.
Smith shows that awakening to the spiritual significance of time is crucial for orienting faith in the twenty-first century. It allows us to become indebted to the past, oriented toward the future, and faithful in the present.
About the author
James K.A. Smith teaches philosophy and theology at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI, having previously taught at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He has been a visiting professor at Fuller Seminary, Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando and Regent College in Vancouver, BC. Originally trained in philosophical theology and contemporary French philosophy, Smith's work is focused on cultural criticism informed by the Christian theological tradition. His more popular writing has also appeared in magazines such as the Christian Century, Christianity Today, First Things, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, and others.
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