Where Mortals Dwell

Place is fundamental to human existence. However, we have lost the very human sense of place amid the time-space compression characteristic of postmodernity and globalization. Craig Bartholomew provides a biblical, theological, and philosophical grounding for place in our rootless culture and articulates a hopeful Christian vision of placemaking for today’s world. He illuminates the importance of place throughout the biblical canon, in the Christian tradition, and in the contours of contemporary thought. Where Mortals Dwell will be of interest to professors and students in Bible, culture, environment, and practical theology courses as well as thoughtful laity and pastors interested in place and related environmental themes, including readers of Wendell Berry.

Introduction
Part I: Place in the Bible

1. The Theology of Place in Genesis 1-3

2. Outside Eden: Building Cities

3. The Nations, Abraham, and Journeying to the Land

4. Place, Law, and Ritual

5. Place in the Historical Books, the Prophets, and the Wisdom Literature

6. Place in the Gospels

7. Place in Paul

8. Place in the General Epistles

9. Place in the Western Philosophical Tradition

10. Place in the Christian Tradition: Introduction

11. Early Church Fathers

12. The Middle Ages, the Reformers, and the Protestant Tradition

13. The Modern Period

14. Contemporary Theologies of Place

15. Contours of a Christian View of Place

16. Placemaking and the City

17. Placemaking in Garden and Home

18. Placemaking and Various Facets of Life

Epilogue: Spirituality and/of Place