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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785227803321

Autore

Bowden-Pickstock Susan

Titolo

Quiet gardens : the roots of faith? / / Susan Bowden-Pickstock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-282-87653-8

9786612876530

1-4411-8478-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

204.4

Soggetti

Spiritual life

Gardens - Religious aspects

Gardens - England

Spirituality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; PART ONE: FOOD FOR THOUGHT; 1. Journey's beginning; 2. Journey into meaning; 3. Relational gardens; 4. Journey into identity; 5. Gardens as therapy; 6. Iconic gardens; PART TWO: THE QUIET GARDEN MOVEMENT; 7. Behind the garden gate; 8. Arley, Worcestershire; 9. Rydal, Cumbria; 10. Epworth, Lincolnshire; 11. Bridlington, The East Riding of Yorkshire; 12. Petworth, West Sussex; 13. Clehonger, Herefordshire; 14. Exmouth, Devon; 15. White Waltham, Berkshire; 16. Charlcombe, Bath and North Somerset; 17. Musgrave, Westmoreland; 18. Canterbury, Kent; 19. Stainforth, South Yorkshire

20. Witham, Essex21. Glastonbury, Somerset; 22. Burrswood, Kent; 23. Journey into contemplation; PART THREE: JOURNEY ACROSS CULTURES; 24. Baha'i gardens; 25. Islamic gardens; 26. Japanese and Buddhist gardens; 27. The Pureland Buddhist garden; 28. Christianity and horticulture - theology and practice; 29. Growing together in faith - an interfaith garden at Chelsea; 30. Journey's end; Bibliography; Acknowledgements

Sommario/riassunto

Quiet Gardens is an exploration of horticulture as a medium for meaning and for spirituality. In an increasingly secular age when



absolute values are taboo, political correctness reigns supreme, and our lives orbit Planet Consumer, we need experiences to balance the emphasis on material acquisitions. Internationally, tensions are running high in the global village and environmental issues are at the top of the agenda. The shadow of terrorism emphasises ideological differences, but it also draws together those living underneath it: inter-faith and ecological conversations have become necessitie