Faith and Place (Hardcover)

Mark R. Wynn

ISBN 10: 0199560382 / ISBN 13: 9780199560387

Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009

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Hardcover. Faith and Place takes knowledge of place as a basis for thinking about the relationship between religious belief and our embodied life. Recent epistemology of religion has appealed to various secular analogues for religious belief - especially analogues drawn from sense perception and scientific theory construction. These approaches tend to overlook the close connection between religious belief and our moral, aesthetic and otherwiseengaged relationship to the material world. By taking knowledge of place as a starting point for religious epistemology, Mark Wynn aims to throw into clearer focus the embodied, action-orienting,perception-structuring, and affect-infused character of religious understanding. This innovative study understands the religious significance of a site in terms of i. its capacity to stand for some encompassing truth about human life; ii. its conservation of historical meanings, where these meanings make a practical claim upon those located at the place at later times; and iii. its directing of the believer's attention to a sacred meaning, through enacted appropriation ofthe site. Wynn proposes that the notion of 'God' functions like the notion of a 'genius loci', where the relevant locus is the sum of material reality. He argues that knowledgeof God consists in part in a storied and sensuous appreciation of the significance of particular places. This book considers how places come to acquire special religious significance, as sites for prayer or other kinds of devotional activity. It examines the ways in which sacred sites function, and the ways in which sites which have no explicitly religious import may come to bear a religious meaning. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Faith and Place (Hardcover)
• Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0199560382
• ISBN 13: 9780199560387
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: new

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Faith and Place takes knowledge of place as a basis for thinking about the relationship between religious belief and our embodied life.

Recent epistemology of religion has appealed to various secular analogues for religious belief - especially analogues drawn from sense perception and scientific theory construction. These approaches tend to overlook the close connection between religious belief and our moral, aesthetic and otherwise engaged relationship to the material world. By taking knowledge of place as a starting point for religious epistemology, Mark Wynn aims to throw into clearer focus the embodied, action-orienting, perception-structuring, and affect-infused character of religious understanding.

This innovative study understands the religious significance of a site in terms of i. its capacity to stand for some encompassing truth about human life; ii. its conservation of historical meanings, where these meanings make a practical claim upon those located at the place at later times; and iii. its directing of the believer's attention to a sacred meaning, through enacted appropriation of the site.

Wynn proposes that the notion of 'God' functions like the notion of a 'genius loci', where the relevant locus is the sum of material reality. He argues that knowledge of God consists in part in a storied and sensuous appreciation of the significance of particular places.

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intriguing and compelling... brilliant and ground-breaking discussion (Michael McGhee, Journal of Theological Studies)

It is fascinating to follow this development of themes relating to different forms of religious knowledge that Wynn had himself begun to develop in his previous two books, and which he places here within a surprisingly large body of works on the religious significance of place. (John S Dixon. The Catholic Times)

Mark Wynn delivers in Faith and Place an engaging personal argument that embodies his key themes in a broad discussion of the theological dimensions of place...a deeply enjoyable, personable read. (Brutus Green. Theology)

Works of philosophical theology can seem remote from concernsof ordinary Christians. Not this book. At a time when religious pilgrimages are becoming more popular, Mark Wynn's account of the importance of place for religious knowledge is likely to prove timely. (Paul Richardson, Church of England Newspaper)

It is fascinating to follow this development of themes relating to different forms of religious knowledge that Wynn had himself begun to develop in his previous two books, and which he places here within a surprisingly large body of works on the religious significance of place. (John S Dixon, The Catholic Times.)

thoughtful and thought-provoking ... a highly rewarding study (John Cottingham, Mind)