Cities of God (Radical Orthodoxy)
Editorial Reviews
Review
"...Cities of God provides a thoughtful and helpful approach to the treatment of gender and civic life within theology, and future theological discussions of the city will do well to work in conversation with Ward's approach.."
–Journal of Religion, William W. Young III, Loyola College in Maryland
"This is a very interesting book.."
–William Cavanaugh, University of St. Thomas
"This interesting...book will appeal to those interested not only in mysticism and process thought but also in the significance of religious experience in contemporary Christianity.."
–Religious Studies Review, October 2001, volume 27 number 4
"Ward has... produced a profound diagnosis of the city and a viable theological remedy."
–The Expository Times
"The book is worth reading... [T]here is a humility here which acknowledges that 'our dogmatisms speak more about our fears than our aspirations'."
–Church Times
Book Description
Beginning with an account of how Christian theology is called upon to read the signs of the time, Cities of God traces the shift in urban culture in North America and Western Europe that took place in the 1970s. Such an approach responds to the insurgent social atomism and the celebration of virtual realities evident in late capitalist, post-modern civic living. Working through analyzes of contemporary film, architecture and literature, and drawing upon traditional theological resources in Augustine and Gregory of Nyssa, the book lays out a systematic theology which has the preparation and building of cities of God as its focus.
Cities of God (Radical Orthodoxy)
Cities of God (Radical Orthodoxy),GRAHAM WARD,Routledge,0415202558,Christianity - History - Social Issues,Christianity - Theology - General,Christianity - Theology - Systematic,Church And Society,Doctrinal Theology,Popular Culture - General,Religion,Theology - Academic,Christian theology,North America,Urban communities,Western Continental Europe,c 1970 to c 1980
Cities of God (Radical Orthodoxy)
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