James K.A. Smith Quote
To be human, we could say, is to desire the kingdom—some kingdom. To call it a kingdom is to signal that we’re not talking only about some personal, private Eden—some individual nirvana—but that we all live and long for a social vision of what we think society should look like too. That’s why there’s something ultimate about this vision: to be oriented toward some sense of the good life is to pursue some vision of how the world ought to be.
James K.A. Smith
To be human, we could say, is to desire the kingdom—some kingdom. To call it a kingdom is to signal that we’re not talking only about some personal, private Eden—some individual nirvana—but that we all live and long for a social vision of what we think society should look like too. That’s why there’s something ultimate about this vision: to be oriented toward some sense of the good life is to pursue some vision of how the world ought to be.