Spaces for the Sacred: Place, Memory, and Identity

by Philip Sheldrake

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801868610
• ISBN13: 9780801868610
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.3"