James K.A. Smith Quote

According to Maximus the Confessor in One Hundred Chapters of Love, the key to directing and increasing one's desire for God is the acquisition of the virtues-which, you'll recall, we described above as noncognitive dispositions acquired through practices. So how does one acquire such virtues, such dispositions of desire? Through participation in concrete Christian practices like confession.

James K.A. Smith

According to Maximus the Confessor in One Hundred Chapters of Love, the key to directing and increasing one's desire for God is the acquisition of the virtues-which, you'll recall, we described above as noncognitive dispositions acquired through practices. So how does one acquire such virtues, such dispositions of desire? Through participation in concrete Christian practices like confession.

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About James K.A. Smith

James Kenneth Alexander Smith (born 1970) is a Canadian-American philosopher who is currently Professor of Philosophy at Calvin University, holding the Gary & Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology & Worldview. He is the current editor-in-chief of the literary journal Image.