Whenever 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. 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. SmithIn short, liturgies make us certain kinds of people, and what defines us is what we love.
James K. A. Smith