Cities of God / Graham Ward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, Graham.

Ward G Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

Radical orthodoxy series.

Radical orthodoxy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophical theology.

Christianity and culture.

Church and the world.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cities of God traces urban culture of north America and Western Europe during the 1970's, to ask how theology can respond to the postmodern city. Since Harvey Cox published his famous theological response to urban living during the mid-1960s very little has been written to address this fundamental subject. Through analyses of contemporary film, architecture, literature, and traditional theological resources in Augustine and Gregory of Nyssa, Graham Ward lays out a systematic theology which has the preparation and building of cities as its focus. This is vital reading for all those inte

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the signs of the times; Cultural atomism; Cities of eternal aspiration; Cities of endless desire; The analogical world-view; Transcorporeality: the ontological scandal; The displaced body of Jesus Christ; Communities of desire; The Church as the erotic community; The erotics of redemption; Theology and the practices of contemporary living; Cities of angels; Cities of the good: the redemption of cyberspace; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-63241-X

1-134-63242-8

1-280-35472-0

0-203-25719-7

0-203-19043-2

9786610354726

9780203190432

OCLC:

70767739