Scholar-in-Residence Lectures

March 17–23, 2015

James K. A. Smith lectures on "Embodying the Kingdom: Reforming Public Theology"

• Tuesday, March 17, 7 p.m., Hartley Recital Hall in Jennings Hall - "Liturgical Politics: Reforming Public Theology"
• Thursday, March 19, 7 p.m., Carl Grant Events Center - "Rites Talk: The Worship of Democracy"
• Saturday, March 21, 7 p.m., Carl Grant Events Center - "Redeeming Christendom: Or, What's Wrong with Natural Law (and Common Grace)?"
• Monday, March 23, 7 p.m., Harvey Auditorium in the Barefoot Student Union Building - "The City of God and the City We're In: Augustinian Principles for Cultural Engagement"

James K.A. Smith (@james_ka_smith) is professor of philosophy at Calvin College where he holds the Gary & Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology & Worldview. The award-winning author of Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism? and Desiring the Kingdom, his most recent books include Imagining the Kingdom (2013), Discipleship in the Present Tense (2013), Who’s Afraid of Relativism? (2014), and How (Not) To Be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor (2014). His popular writing has appeared in magazines such as Christianity Today, Books & Culture, and First Things and periodicals such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Detroit Free Press. He is a Senior Fellow of Cardus and serves as editor of Comment magazine. Jamie and his wife, Deanna, have four children.

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