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" Philosopher James K. A. Smith reminds us that it is not just religions that disciple—our culture disciples us. According to Smith every structure of a culture carries a worldview and a form of teaching that “shape and constitute our identities by forming our most fundamental desires and our most basic attunement to the world…. They prime us to approach the world in a certain way, to value certain things, to aim for certain goals, to purse certain dreams … to be a certain kind of person.”5 Of "


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 quote : Philosopher James K. A. Smith reminds us that it is not just religions that disciple—our culture disciples us. According to Smith every structure of a culture carries a worldview and a form of teaching that “shape and constitute our identities by forming our most fundamental desires and our most basic attunement to the world…. They prime us to approach the world in a certain way, to value certain things, to aim for certain goals, to purse certain dreams … to be a certain kind of person.”5 Of