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HOW TO INHABIT TIME Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now James K. A. Smith
Popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith shows that awakening to the spiritual significance of time is crucial for orienting faith in the twenty-first century. He helps Christians and the church develop a sense of “temporal awareness” that is attuned to the texture of history, the vicissitudes of life, and the tempo of the Spirit. “Truly this book is a gift which has engaged my awareness of how we are called to live the gifts which are our lives.” —THE MOST REV. JUSTIN WELBY, Archbishop of Canterbury “Dwelling with these lucid, winsome meditations on ‘spiritual timekeeping’ was like listening in on a lively conversation between St. Augustine, Gustavo Gutiérrez, James Baldwin, and Marilynne Robinson, while Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon played in the background.” —FRED BAHNSON, author of Soil and Sacrament “Smith’s inspired work examines time as a divine gift. A thoughtful and engaging book.” —SOPHFRONIA SCOTT, author of The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton “Philosophically rigorous and creatively daring, this original and provocative exploration summons each of us to diligent thinking and unflinching honesty.” —CHARLES MARSH, University of Virginia; author of Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer “A sensuous narrative that asks us to recalibrate our idea of time so that we might carry ourselves, with grace and gratitude, through it.” —BETH KEPHART, author of Wife | Daughter | Self: A Memoir in Essays “Smith draws from biblical, philosophical, and therapeutic insights to weave our lives into a wondrous drama far greater than can be found in the fleeting and distracting present tense.” —M. CRAIG BARNES, president, Princeton Theological Seminary “In a time of frightening upheaval over the nature of identity, we dearly need this wise and winsome book about how to inhabit time well.” —JASON BYASSEE, Vancouver School of Theology “A lyrical exploration of how faith intersects with history and time. . . . This incisive and eloquent volume will expand readers’ minds.” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)
SEPTEMBER 2022 • 208 pp. • cloth • $24.99 • 9781587435232
James K. A. Smith (PhD, Villanova University) is professor of philosophy at Calvin University, where he holds the Gary and Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview. He is also editor in chief of Image , a quarterly journal at the intersection of art, faith, and mystery. Smith has written many books, including the Christianity Today Book Award winners On the Road with Saint Augustine , You Are What You Love , and Desiring the Kingdom .
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