Spaces for the Sacred

Place, Memory, and Identity
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8018-6861-0
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 325 g

In Spaces for the Sacred, Philip Sheldrake brilliantly reveals the connection between our rootedness in the places we inhabit and the construction of our personal and religious identities. Based on the prestigious Hulsean Lectures he delivered at the University of Cambridge, Sheldrake's book examines the sacred narratives which derive from both overtly religious sites such as cathedrals, and secular ones, like the Millennium Dome, and it suggests how Christian theological and spiritual traditions may contribute creatively to current debates about place.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sheldrake, Philip

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Chapter 1. A Sense of Place
Chapter 2. Place in Christian Tradition
Chapter 3. The Eucharist and Practicing Catholic Place
Chapter 4. The Practice of Place: Monasteries and Utopias
Chapter 5. The Mystical Way: Transcending Places of Limit
Chapter 6. Re-Placing the City?
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sheldrake, Philip
Philip Sheldrake is vice-principal and academic director of Sarum College, Salisbury, and honorary professor at the University of Wales, Lampeter, and visiting professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of several books, including Spirituality and History.