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Spaces for the Sacred Philip Sheldrake (Vice Principal and Academic Director, Sarum College)

Spaces for the Sacred By Philip Sheldrake (Vice Principal and Academic Director, Sarum College)

Spaces for the Sacred by Philip Sheldrake (Vice Principal and Academic Director, Sarum College)


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Summary

This work examines the relationship between place, memory and identity. Drawing on a wide range of writers, from Duns Scotus to Simon Schama, as well as on poetry and his own memories of his childhood in Dorset, Sheldrake offers a way of meditating on the importance of place in our lives.

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Spaces for the Sacred: Place, Memory, and Identity by Philip Sheldrake (Vice Principal and Academic Director, Sarum College)

In Spaces for the Sacred, Philip Sheldrake brilliantly reveals the connection between our rootedness in the places we inhabit and the construction of our personal and religious identities. Based on the prestigious Hulsean Lectures he delivered at the University of Cambridge, Sheldrake's book examines the sacred narratives which derive from both overtly religious sites such as cathedrals, and secular ones, like the Millennium Dome, and it suggests how Christian theological and spiritual traditions may contribute creatively to current debates about place.

Spaces for the Sacred Reviews

The subject before him is enormous, yet he succeeds in giving a comprehensive and provocative evaluation. If this reviewer were preparing a course on Christian spirituality, Spaces for the Sacred would be required reading. -- G. P. Mellick Belshaw Anglican Theological Review In Sheldrake's competent hands, place offers a locus for deepening our understanding of both religious experience and identity. Theological Studies 2004

About Philip Sheldrake (Vice Principal and Academic Director, Sarum College)

Philip Sheldrake is vice-principal and academic director of Sarum College, Salisbury, and honorary professor at the University of Wales, Lampeter, and visiting professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of several books, including Spirituality and History.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface 1 A Sense of Place 2 Place in Christian Tradition 3 The Eucharist and Practicing Catholic Place 4 The Practice of Place: Monasteries and Utopias 5 The Mystical Way: Transcending Places of Limit 6 Re-Placing the City? Notes Bibliography Index

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GOR008637680
9780801868610
0801868610
Spaces for the Sacred: Place, Memory, and Identity by Philip Sheldrake (Vice Principal and Academic Director, Sarum College)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Johns Hopkins University Press
2001-01-31
214
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