Landscapes of the sacred : geography and narrative in American spirituality /

This text offers three new interpretive models for understanding American sacred space. Included are essays that explore how Native American, early French and Spanish, Puritan New England, and Catholic Worker traditions expressed the connection between spirituality and place. The book also includes...

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Main Author: Lane, Belden C., 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Edition:Expanded ed.
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Summary:This text offers three new interpretive models for understanding American sacred space. Included are essays that explore how Native American, early French and Spanish, Puritan New England, and Catholic Worker traditions expressed the connection between spirituality and place. The book also includes three chapters that address methodological issues in the study of spirituality, the symbol-making process of religious experience, and the tension between place and placelessness in Christian spirituality.
Physical Description:xii, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-310).
ISBN:0801868386 (pbk. : alk. paper)