Discovering the spirit in the city / edited by Andrew Walker and Aaron Kennedy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walker, Andrew, editor.

Kennedy, Aaron, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Cities and towns.

Spiritual life--Christianity.

Spiritual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, [New York] : Continuum, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In an increasingly urban society, we are losing touch with our roots. There is a hunger to engage with the spiritual implications of this, and to enrich our appreciation of the spiritual potential of urban spaces. Discovering the Spirit in the City brings together established authors with new voices to explore ways in which the concrete, consumerist and cosmopolitan context we inhabit can be re-enchanted with a sense of the sacred. The international flavour of modern urban living is reflected in inter-faith and non-British perspectives. The chapters are interspersed with specially commissi

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 'Afternoon Prayer - Easter Saturday' (Pádraig Ó Tuama); 1 Rebuilding the Human City: Spirituality and social transformation; 2 Prayer in the Streets: The labyrinth as symbol and tool for an urban prayer life; 3 A Condition of Itinerant Being; 4 Experience Your Neighbour's Faith: Faith House, Manhattan; 5 Seeking in the City: An exploration of a new, post-secular spiritual phenomenon and its challenge to the Church; 6 The City of God in the Here and Now; 7 Discovering the Spirit in the City; 8 Spirituality and the City: After the deluge; 9 Music

10 Scripture and the City11 Human in the City; Appendix: A Teenage Perspective; Notes and References; Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-82166-0

9786612821660

1-4411-1082-8

OCLC:

670412085