Discovering the Spirit in the City

by Walker, Andrew; Kennedy, Aaron

• ISBN13: 9781441104724
• ISBN10: 1441104720
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-18
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

How can we re-discover the Heavenly City here and now? A wide-ranging exploration of the practical applications of spirituality in an urban environment.

Table of Contents

Foreword The Editors\Afternoon Prayer - Easter Saturday Pádraig Ó Tuama\Rebuilding the Human City: Spirituality and Social Transformation Philip Sheldrake\How I Learned to Cope Pádraig Ó Tuama\Prayer in the Streets: Using the Labyrinth as Symbol and Tool for an Urban Prayer Life Antonia Lynn\Notes for an awkward conversation Pádraig Ó Tuama\A Condition of Itinerant Being Raficq Abdullah\Firewhisky Pádraig Ó Tuama\Experience Your Neighbour's Faith: Faith House, Manhattan Bowie Snodgrass\Morning Prayer - Desolation Pádraig Ó Tuama\Seeking in the City? Ian Mobsby\Lying to Myself Pádraig Ó Tuama\The City of God in the Here and Now Glenn Jordan\In the Name of the Father Pádraig Ó Tuama\Discovering the Spirit in the City Mark Oakley\The Poet is Priest Pádraig Ó Tuama\Spirituality and the City - After the Deluge Philip Robinson\Purchases and Anticipation Pádraig Ó Tuama\Music Isaac Everett\Supermarket Prayers Pádraig Ó Tuama\Scripture and the City Andrew Walker and Rabbi Alex Dukhovny\Mother of the Bride Pádraig Ó Tuama\Human in the City Pádraig Ó Tuama\On naming your own name, a baptism hymn Pádraig Ó Tuama\Appendix: A Teenage Perspective Carolin Telford (with an Afterword by Philip Robinson)