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In this culmination of his widely read and highly acclaimed Cultural Liturgies project, James K. A. Smith examines politics through the lens of liturgy. What if, he asks, citizens are not only thinkers or believers but also lovers? Smith explores how our analysis of political institutions would look different if we viewed them as incubators of love-shaping practices—not merely governing us but...

most vulnerable to even more social threats, eviscerating the working class, and amplifying inequality—none of which looks very just, even if it is the result of observing a kind of procedural justice.48 Once again, what Mouw and Griffioen underestimate is the formative aspect of our public policy and political configurations. They still tend to think of this “public” space as one occupied by “thinking things” who are looking for permission to hold certain beliefs. In other words, while they take
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