Where mortals dwell
Subtitle: a Christian view of place for today
By: Craig G. Bartholomew
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780801036378
Subjects: Sacred space; Place (Philosophy)
Description: Craig Bartholomew provides a biblical, theological, and philosophical grounding for place in our rootless culture and articulates a hopeful Christian vision of placemaking for today's world. He illuminates the importance of place throughout the biblical canon, in the Christian tradition, and in the contours of contemporary thought. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-357) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The theology of place in Genesis 1-3; title: Outside Eden: building cities; title: The nations, Abraham, and journeying to the land; title: Place, law, and ritual; title: Place in the historical books, the prophets, and the wisdom literature; title: Place in the Gospels; title: Place in Paul; title: Place in the general epistles; title: Place in the Western philosophical tradition; title: Place in the Christian tradition: introduction; title: Early church fathers; title: The Middle Ages, the reformers, and the Protestant tradition; title: The modern period; title: Contemporary theologies of place; title: Contours of a Christian view of place; title: Placemaking and the city; title: Placemaking in garden and home; title: Placemaking in various facets of life; title: Epilogue: spirituality and/of place.