'A holy place...is a place that becomes a "gateway to heaven"', writes Chris Cook, 'a place in which we are aware of the presence of God.' These places may be geographical or architectural, or they may be metaphorical: places of loss, or achievement, or transition. This book explores prayer in holy spaces: physical places where we can go to be nearer to God. It is focused on one particular place - Durham Cathedral (voted the country's best-loved building) - but it is designed to enable the reader to explore prayer in other holy places also. It is a practical guide to prayer which takes into account different personality types as well as the physical environment, and uses all of these to help the reader to draw closer to God.



Autorentext

Christopher C.H. Cook is Emeritus Professor of Spirituality, Theology & Health, in the Institute of Medical Humanities, Durham University, UK



Zusammenfassung
'A holy place...is a place that becomes a "e;gateway to heaven"e;', writes Chris Cook, 'a place in which we are aware of the presence of God.' These places may be geographical or architectural, or they may be metaphorical: places of loss, or achievement, or transition. This book explores prayer in holy spaces: physical places where we can go to be nearer to God. It is focused on one particular place - Durham Cathedral (voted the country's best-loved building) - but it is designed to enable the reader to explore prayer in other holy places also. It is a practical guide to prayer which takes into account different personality types as well as the physical environment, and uses all of these to help the reader to draw closer to God.

Inhalt

Foreword by the Dean of Durham \ Preface \ Acknowledgements \ 1. Finding a Holy Place: Durham Cathedral \ 2. Finding God in a Holy Place \ 3. An Invitation to Pray: The Nave and the Body of the Church \ 4. Daily Prayer: The Quire and Sanctuary \ 5. Praying on the Margins: The Galilee Chapel \ 6. Pilgrim Prayer: The Chapel of the Nine Altars \ 7. Contemplative Prayer: The Feretory \ Holy Places: Finding Ourselves and Finding God \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index

Titel
Finding God in a Holy Place
Untertitel
Explorations of Prayer in Durham Cathedral
EAN
9781441150011
ISBN
978-1-4411-5001-1
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
06.05.2010
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
1.62 MB
Anzahl Seiten
176
Jahr
2010
Untertitel
Englisch