{"product_id":"how-to-inhabit-time-understanding-the-past-facing-the-future-living-faithfully-now-9781587435232","title":"How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now","description":"\u003cb\u003e2023 Christian Book Award(R) Winner (Christian Living)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2023 Book Award Finalist (Christian Living \u0026amp; Spiritual Formation)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Spiritual Significance of Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany Christians live a faith that is \"nowhen.\" They are disconnected from the past or imagine they are somehow \"above\" the flux of history, as if every generation starts with a clean state. They lack an awareness of time and the effects of history--both personal and collective--and thus are naive about current issues, prone to nostalgia, or fixated on the end times and other doomsday versions of the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePopular 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmith 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e★ \"This incisive and eloquent volume will expand readers' minds.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e starred review \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautifully written book. . . . [Smith] offers a good, pastoral word to Christians today.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames K. A. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Villanova University) is a popular speaker and the award-winning author of a number of influential books, including \u003ci\u003eDesiring the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow (Not) to Be Secular\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYou Are What You Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Road with Saint Augustine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHow to Inhabit Time\u003c\/i\u003e. He is professor of philosophy at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he holds the Gary and Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview. Smith served as editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eComment \u003c\/i\u003emagazine (2013-2018) and \u003ci\u003eImage\u003c\/i\u003e journal (2019-2024). He has written for \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brazos Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615017373970,"sku":"9781587435232","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_28dab046-3ce4-4bd2-99ad-4288c1c41d5f.jpg?v=1764754621","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-inhabit-time-understanding-the-past-facing-the-future-living-faithfully-now-9781587435232","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}