The identification and positioning of sacred space within contemporary contexts has, to date, received scant attention. In reflecting upon a broad spectrum of conceptions of what constitutes sacred space, this collection of interdisciplinary essays presents a new perspective on an area that is developing into an important theological and philosophical concept.
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The identification and positioning of sacred space within contemporary contexts has, to date, received scant attention.

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ISBN
9781443817738
Publisert
2010-02-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Høyde
212 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
224

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Steve Brie is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Liverpool Hope University. He has published works on Poetry, Film, Television Drama, Theology, History and Popular Music. His research interests include: the poetry of Charles Bukowski; the novels of Jack Kerouac; British and American television drama and popular music. Jenny Daggers is a Senior Lecturer in Theology & Religious Studies at Liverpool Hope University. She is author of The British Christian Women's Movement: a Rehabilitation of Eve (Ashgate, 2002) and co-editor of Sex, Gender and Religion: Josephine Butler Revisited (Peter Lang, 2006). Jenny has also published a number of articles on feminist theology and women's history.David Torevell is Associate Professor in Theology and Religious Studies at Liverpool Hope University. He is the author of Losing the Sacred : Ritual, Modernity and Liturgical Reform (T&T Clark, 2000), Liturgy and the Beauty of the Unknown, Another Place (Ashgate, 2007) and joint editor with Clive Palmer of The Turn to Aesthetics: An Interdisciplinary Exchange in Applied and Philosophical Aesthetics (Liverpool Hope University Press, 2008). Among his research interests are contemplative theology and spirituality.