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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821961003321

Autore

Sheldrake Philip

Titolo

The spiritual city : theology, spirituality, and the place of the city / / Philip Sheldrake

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014

2014

ISBN

1-118-83051-2

1-118-83047-4

1-118-83049-0

1-118-83050-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

New York Academy of Sciences

Classificazione

318.7

361.78

191

261.8

Disciplina

261.8

Soggetti

Cities and towns - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The city in Christian thought -- Augustine?s two cities -- Monasticism and utopian visions -- The city as sacred -- The city after the reformations -- Michel de Certeau: everyday practices & the city -- Theological reflection and the city -- Place and the sacred -- The art of community -- Reconciliation and hospitality -- Urban virtues -- A spiritual vision of the human city.

Sommario/riassunto

A Spiritual City provides a broad examination of the meaning and importance of cities from a Christian perspective. Contains thought-provoking theological and spiritual reflections on city-making by a leading scholarUnites contemporary thinking about urban space and built environments with the latest in urban theologyAddresses the long-standing anti-urban bias of Christianity and its emphasis on inwardness and pilgrimagePresents an important religious perspective on the potential of cities to create a strong human community and sense of sacred sp