Cities of God.
Title:
Cities of God.
Author:
Ward, Graham.
ISBN:
9780203190432
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (325 pages)
Series:
Routledge Radical Orthodoxy
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: the signs of the times -- Cultural atomism -- Cities of eternal aspiration -- Cities of endless desire -- The analogical world-view -- Transcorporeality: the ontological scandal -- The displaced body of Jesus Christ -- Communities of desire -- The Church as the erotic community -- The erotics of redemption -- Theology and the practices of contemporary living -- Cities of angels -- Cities of the good: the redemption of cyberspace -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Cities of God traces urban culture of north America and Western Europe during the 1970s, to ask how theology can respond to the postmodern city. Since Harvey Cox published his famous theological response to urban living during the mid-1960s very little has been written to address this fundamental subject. Through analyses of contemporary film, architecture, literature, and traditional theological resources in Augustine and Gregory of Nyssa, Graham Ward lays out a systematic theology which has the preparation and building of cities as its focus. This is vital reading for all those interested in theology and urban living.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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