Finding God in a holy place : explorations of prayer in Durham Cathedral / / Chris Cook

• Autore: Cook Chris (Christopher C.H.)
• Pubblicazione: London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Mowbray, , 2010; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 245.3; 248.32
• Soggetto topico: Prayer - Church of England; Sacred space - England - Durham
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Finding a Holy Place: Durham Cathedral; 2 Finding God in a Holy Place; 3 An Invitation to Pray: The Nave and the Body of the Church; 4 Daily Prayer: The Quire and Sanctuary; 5 Praying on the Margins: The Galilee Chapel; 6 Pilgrim Prayer: The Chapel of the Nine Altars; 7 Contemplative Prayer: The Feretory; 8 Holy Places: Finding Ourselves and Finding God; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 'A holy place...is a place that becomes a gateway to heaven', writes Chris Cook, 'a place in which we are aware of the presence of God.' These places may be geographical or architectural, or they may be metaphorical: places of loss, or achievement, or transition. This book explores prayer in holy spaces: physical places where we can go to be nearer to God. It is focused on one particular place - Durham Cathedral (voted the country's best-loved building) - but it is designed to enable the reader to explore prayer in other holy places also. It is a practical guide to prayer which takes into accoun
• Titolo autorizzato: Finding God in a holy place
• ISBN: 1-282-87480-2; 9786612874802; 1-4411-5001-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808954403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II