You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

by James K.A. Smith

wants and longings and desires are at the core of our identity, the wellspring from which our actions and behavior flow.

“learning” is. And what you think learning is hinges on what you think human beings are.

Ironically, this is true even for versions of Christian faith that are proclaimed “anti-intellectual.”

What if, instead of starting from the assumption that human beings are thinking things, we started from the conviction that human beings are first and foremost lovers?

contemporary culture.6 In its truest sense, eros signals a desire and attraction that is a good feature of our creaturehood.