James K.A. (Jamie) Smith is a philosophy professor at Calvin College and the author of many important books, including Desiring the Kingdom, You Are What You Love, How (Not) To Be Secular, and (most recently) On the Road with Saint Augustine. In this episode, Jonathan and Jamie discuss Augustine’s account of human desire and its implications for fiction-writing; the ever-elusive mystery of the self; and the drama of redemption as the re-directing of our deepest loves.

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James K.A. (Jamie) Smith is a philosophy professor at Calvin College and the author of many important books, including <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780801035777">Desiring the Kingdom</a>, <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781587433801">You Are What You Love</a>, <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780802867612">How (Not) To Be Secular</a><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780802867612">,</a> and (most recently) <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781587433894">On the Road with Saint Augustine</a>. In this episode, Jonathan and Jamie discuss Augustine&rsquo;s account of human desire and its implications for fiction-writing; the ever-elusive mystery of the self; and the drama of redemption as the re-directing of our deepest loves.
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Episode 19: James K. A. Smith

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