The spiritual city : theology, spirituality, and the urban /

• Main Author: Sheldrake, Philip
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
• Subjects: Cities and towns > Religious aspects > Christianity.; RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues; RELIGION / Christianity / General; City churches.; City missions.; Electronic books.

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 lates...

Table of Contents:

• 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.