A Theology of the Built Environment Justice, Empowerment, Redemption [Paperback]

In this 2002 book, Tim Gorringe reflects theologically on the built environment as a whole.Tim Gorringe's is the first book to reflect theologically on the built environment as a whole. After considering the divine grounding of constructed space, Professor Gorringe looks at the ownership of land, the issues of housing, town and country, and the city, and then considers the built environment in terms of community and art. The book concludes with two chapters that set the whole within the framework of the environmental crisis and asks what directions the Churc h should be looking for in building for the future.Tim Gorringe's is the first book to reflect theologically on the built environment as a whole. After considering the divine grounding of constructed space, Professor Gorringe looks at the ownership of land, the issues of housing, town and country, and the city, and then considers the built environment in terms of community and art. The book concludes with two chapters that set the whole within the framework of the environmental crisis and asks what directions the Churc h should be looking for in building for the future.T.J. Gorringe's book reflects theologically on the built environment. After considering the divine grounding of constructed space, he looks at the ownership of land, the issues of housing (both urban and rural) and considers the built environment in terms of community and art. The book concludes with two chapters that set everything within the current framework of the environmental crisis and question directions the Church should be pursuing in building for the future.Preface; 1. The theology of the built environment; 2. Constructed space and the presence of God; 3. The land; 4. The human dwelling; 5. From Eden to Jerusalem: town and country in the economy of redemption; 6. The meaning of the city; 7. Constructing community; 8. But is it art?; 9. God, nature and the built environment; 10. Towards Jerusalem?; Select bibliography; Index of names; Inló<