Dysfunctional cities: where did we go wrong? / Lee Hardy -- Citizens of another city / Barry Harvey -- The New Urbanism / Eric O. Jacobsen -- Saint Benedict in the city / Bryan Hollon -- Crate and castle / Robert B. Kruschwitz, Terry W. York, and C. David Bolin -- Worship service / Ann Bell Worley -- Cities and towns in art / Heidi J. Hornik -- Other voices : quotations on cities and towns -- Moving to the Carpenter's house / Elizabeth M. Benton -- Salt in the city / Amy L. Sherman -- The church building as sacramental sign / Philip Bess -- Building a city that honors God / Benjamin J. Bruxvoort Lipscomb -- Restoring urban communities / Lissa Schwander.
Summary:
How should we care for the built environment in the cities and towns where we live? "If the church is to be a witness to the Heavenly City," architect Philip Bess reminds us, "Christians must once again be not only good patrons of architecture, but also (and even more) good patrons of urbanism." Lee Hardy traces the public policy decisions and cultural ideals that emptied urban populations into degrading suburban landscapes. For the early Christians, Barry Harvey writes, the Church was "another city," so we cannot withdraw into private religious experience or worship in congregations that are functionally equivalent to gated communities. Bryan Hollon suggests that the intentional urban communities of the New Monastic movement can teach us about faithful discipleship. Holistic inner-city ministry is possible, Amy Sherman points out, when we look to the Old Testament prophets Elisha and Jeremiah for inspiration. Eric Jacobsen urges us to be discerning partners with the New Urbanists in traditional neighborhood development.
Series:
Christian reflection : a series in faith and ethics ; 20
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