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Desiring the Kingdom is a 2009 book by James K. A. Smith, a Canadian-American philosopher and professor of philosophy at Calvin College.

Volume 1 in the Cultural Liturgies series. The first of a three-volume series called Cultural Liturgies.

Synopsis
"The thesis is advanced that human beings are not primarily thinking or believing beings, but only secondarily so. What is first is desire."

Reception
"...a work of sizable achievement and significant import..."

"Desiring the Kingdom has the potential to make a significant positive conribution in reshaping the way Christians are being formed through education and worship."

"...an important book..."