Public Religion and the Urban Environment: Constructing a River Town

by Richard Bohannon and Dr Richard Bohannon

Book Overview

'Nature' and the 'city' have most often functioned as opposites within Western culture, a dichotomy that has been reinforced (and sometimes challenged) by religious images. Bohannon argues here that cities and natural environments, however, are both connected and continually affected by one another. He shows how such connections become overt during natural disasters, which disrupt the narratives people use to make sense of the world, including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472534654
• ISBN13: 9781472534651
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"