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The Devil Reads Derrida and Other Essays on the University, the Church, Politics, and the Arts
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James K.A. Smith (Goodreads Author)
We hear a lot these days about the quest for alternative sources of energy. Has anyone considered Jamie Smith? This whirling dervish of public philosophy generates enough intellectual energy to supply a middle-size city all by himself. John Wilson / editor of Books & Culture / By now, Jamie Smith is not just a leading philosophical or postmodern or Reformed theologian: he ...more
Paperback, 163 pages
Published
June 1st 2009
by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
(first published April 15th 2009)
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This is a fantastic collection of popular essays. Smith accessibly engages real-world stuff like Wild At Heart and The Devil Wears Prada to bring us a theological vision of culture and humanity. While he stands at the intersection of some recent trends -- Pentecostal vigor, Neo-Calvinist culture, Anabaptist politics, Liturgical worship, Postmodern philosophy -- he's after culture that will last.
I especially like his call for Christians scholars and writers to do their work in public, not in the arcane cloisters of academia.
Any such collection will have highs and lows. There are some great essays in here. Especially good are the ones on education, American Beauty, and The Passion.
Worth a look.
Worth a look.
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