Biography: James K.A. Smith

James Smith is professor of philosophy at Calvin College (Mich.), where he holds the Gary & Henrietta Byker Chair in Applied Reformed Theology and Worldview.  He is also editor of Comment magazine and a senior fellow of The Colossian Forum on Faith, Science, and Culture. Smith is an award-winning author whose books include Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?,  Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation, and Letters to a Young Calvinist: An Invitation to the Reformed Tradition.  His new book, Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works, has just been published.  His writing has also appeared in magazines such as the Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Christian Century, First Things, and Books & Culture.  He and his wife, Deanna, have 4 children and are committed urban dwellers who make their home in the Heritage Hill neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Website: www.jameskasmith.com

Twitter: @james_ka_smith