Education is a holistic endeavor that involves the whole person, including our bodies, in a process of formation that aims our desires, primes our imagination, and orients us to the world - all before we ever start 'thinking' about it
James K. A. SmithWhenever science attempts to legitimate itself, it is no longer scientific but narrative, appealing to an orienting myth that is not susceptible to scientific legitimation.
James K. A. SmithSometimes to be creative you have to give yourself permission to not be outstanding.
James K. A. SmithWhat if the primary work of education was the transforming of our imagination rather than the saturation of our intellect?
James K. A. SmithOur Christian faith - and correlatively, our account of apologetics - is tainted by modernism when we fail to appreciate the effects of sin on reason. When this is ignored, we adopt an Enlightenment optimism about the role of a supposedly neutral reason in the recognition of truth.
James K. A. Smith