| Description |
1 online resource (x, 282 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-274) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 The theology of the built environment; CHAPTER 2 Constructed space and the presence of God; CHAPTER 3 The land; CHAPTER 4 The human dwelling; CHAPTER 5 From Eden to Jerusalem: town and country in the economy of redemption; CHAPTER 6 The meaning of the city; CHAPTER 7 Constructing community; CHAPTER 8 But is it art?; CHAPTER 9 God, nature and the built environment; CHAPTER 10 Towards Jerusalem?; Select bibliography; Index of names; Index of subjects. |
| Summary |
This is the first book to reflect theologically on the built environment as a whole. Drawing on a wide range of both theological and social-scientific sources, Tim Gorringe explores Christianity in its urban settings, focusing on the use of space, design, architecture, and town planning to make a theological critique. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Cities and towns -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gorringe, Timothy. Theology of the built environment. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521814650 0521891442 (DLC) 2002073817 (OCoLC)50143302 |
| ISBN |
0511021089 (electronic book) |
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9780511021084 (electronic book) |
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0521814650 (hardback) |
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9780521814652 (hardback) |
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0521891442 (paperback) |
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9780521891448 (paperback) |
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0511158165 |
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9780511158162 |
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0511045654 |
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9780511045653 |
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9780511487712 (electronic book) |
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0511487711 (electronic book) |
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