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In this accessible, insightful book, noted Christian scholar and award-winning author James K. A. Smith gathers together a range of his writing for popular audiences. Working at the intersection of faith and culture, past and present, church and world, Smith offers both incisive cultural criticism and winsome articulation of a robust Christian fai
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James K. A. Smith is professor of philosophy at Calvin College, where he also teaches in the congregational and ministry studies department.
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