Placing the Sacred: Transcendence and the City

What do we mean by the sacred? Classical polarisations between the sacred and the secular are open to question and impact strongly on how we conceptualise and materialise ‘sacred space’. This essay specifically relates thinking about sacred space to the meaning and future of cities. It explores clas...

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Main Author: Sheldrake, Philip 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2007
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2007, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 243-258
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Summary:What do we mean by the sacred? Classical polarisations between the sacred and the secular are open to question and impact strongly on how we conceptualise and materialise ‘sacred space’. This essay specifically relates thinking about sacred space to the meaning and future of cities. It explores classic Christian understandings of urban sacred spaces as well as of the city itself as sacred. It then contrasts the thinking of Michel de Certeau and Le Corbusier concerning Modernist urban planning, and finally explores key ideas regarding the sacred in relation to contemporary architecture and urban values.
ISSN:1477-4623
Contains:Enthalten in: Literature and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frm023