Overview

This book argues that Paul’s seminal thesis on human moral formation in Romans 12:1–2 can be best understood when it is interpreted through the lens of a philosophical and theological anthropology that merges the views of Thomas Aquinas and James K. A. Smith. This view claims that Paul’s admonition to renew the mind in Romans 12:2 is best accomplished when human reason is understood to be the operation of the unified human soul that integrates the intellectual, sensitive, and appetitive powers within a specific socio-cultural context.

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Smith’s book is a much-needed biblically and philosophically attuned exploration of the role of reason in human formation. It is a bold and constructive call to “reenchant reason” that draws upon a wide array of historical and contemporary sources, all for the sake of greater biblical understanding of the Pauline theme of human transformation by way of the mind’s renewal. * Ross D. Inman, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary *

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K. Lauriston Smith is adjunct instructor at Grand Canyon University and currently serves churches in the Polish Baptist Union in the Katowice Urban Conglomeration.

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