{"product_id":"imagining-the-kingdom-how-worship-works-9780801035784","title":"Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works","description":"\u003cb\u003e2013 Word Guild Award (Academic)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eHow does worship work? How exactly does liturgical formation shape us? What are the dynamics of such transformation? In the second of James K. A. Smith's three-volume theology of culture, the author expands and deepens the analysis of cultural liturgies and Christian worship he developed in his well-received \u003ci\u003eDesiring the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e. He helps us understand and appreciate the bodily basis of habit formation and how liturgical formation--both \"secular\" and Christian--affects our fundamental orientation to the world. Worship \"works\" by leveraging our bodies to transform our imagination, and it does this through stories we understand on a register that is closer to body than mind. This has critical implications for how we think about Christian formation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessors and students will welcome this work as will pastors, worship leaders, and Christian educators. The book includes analyses of popular films, novels, and other cultural phenomena, such as \u003ci\u003eThe King's Speech\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRise of the Planet of the Apes\u003c\/i\u003e, David Foster Wallace's \u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e, and Facebook.\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 the Gary \u0026amp; Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology \u0026amp; Worldview at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In addition, he is editor of \u003ci\u003eComment \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and a senior fellow of the Colossian Forum. Smith is the author or editor of many books, including the \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award winners \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Postmodernism? \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDesiring the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, and is editor of the well-received The Church and Postmodern Culture series (www.churchandpomo.org).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Baker Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492038906130,"sku":"9780801035784","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6757a880-ff0d-41ef-8824-1fa60e9647fe.jpg?v=1730568518","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/imagining-the-kingdom-how-worship-works-9780801035784","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}