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Urbanolatry: Repenting to Learn from the Country

Closed Published by jdodson July 3rd, 2008 on Creation Project

Much has been made of the “City” of late. On the global scale, over half of the world’s population inhabits cities and urban migration is on the rise. Stateside, burgeoning New Urbanism coupled with a minority of urban-focused evangelicals is generating a growing interest in urban life. The new urban mantra is: “live, work, and […]

Community and Identity in Cities

Closed Published by jdodson June 6th, 2008 on Creation Project

This guy has a fascinating post on the cultural, political, theological and philosophical reasons we flock to and flounder in cities, especially to megapolises. He poses questions like: Why do we enjoy living in cities? Where do we get our sense of identity in the city? An excerpt:
Do we create only an illusion of community […]

New Urbanism and The Good City

Closed Published by jdodson April 9th, 2008 on Creation Project

A couple months ago I posted on new urbanism, mentioning a book by Philip Bess called Till We Have Built Jerusalem. New urbanism is “an American urban design movement that arose in the early 1980s intended to reform all aspects of real estate development and urban planning, from urban retrofits to suburban infill. New […]

New Urbanism

Closed Published by jdodson October 25th, 2007 on Creation Project

In the recent Mars Hill Audio Journal, Ken Myers interviews Philip Bess, architect and author, who has reflected theologically and architecturally on the implications modern urban planning. In Till We Have Built Jerusalem, he articulates the goodness of urban dwelling based on natural law. He points out that New Urbanists aver idea that there is […]

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