{"product_id":"the-spiritual-city-9781118855669","title":"The Spiritual City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Spiritual City\u003c\/i\u003e provides a broad examination of the meaning and importance of cities from a Christian perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains thought-provoking theological and spiritual reflections on city-making by a leading scholar\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnites contemporary thinking about urban space and built environments with the latest in urban theology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses the long-standing anti-urban bias of Christianity and its emphasis on inwardness and pilgrimage\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents an important religious perspective on the potential of cities to create a strong human community and sense of sacred space\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of cities — and that ought to be pretty much everyone, given that well over half the world’s population now lives in cites, up from 29 per cent in 1950. In any event, Revelation makes it clear that if we don’t live in one now, we shall, God willing.”  (\u003ci\u003eChurch Times, \u003c\/i\u003e27 March 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One The City in Christian Thought 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Augustine’s Two Cities 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Monasticism and Utopian Visions 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The City as Sacred 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The City and the Reformations 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Michel de Certeau: Everyday Practices and the City 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two Theological Reflection and the City 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Place and the Sacred 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Art of Community 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Reconciliation and Hospitality 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Urban Virtues 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: A Spiritual Vision of the Human City 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Reading 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 221\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406935728471,"sku":"9781118855669","price":22.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118855669.jpg?v=1730497613","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-spiritual-city-9781118855669","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}