Landscapes of the Sacred: Geography and Narrative in American Spirituality by Belden C. Lane

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This substantially expanded edition of Belden C. Lane's Landscapes of the Sacred includes a new introductory chapter that offers three new interpretive models for understanding American sacred space. Lane maintains his approach of interspersing shorter and more personal pieces among full-length essays that explore how Native American, early French and Spanish, Puritan New England, and Catholic Worker traditions has each expressed the connection between spirituality and place.A new section at the end of the book includes three chapters that address methodological issues in the study of spirituality, the symbol-making process of religious experience, and the tension between place and placelessness in Christian spirituality.

Horizons - Catherine L. Albanese

Lane offers an essay tour that is also a tour de force.

St. Anthony Messenger - Robert F. Morneau

Clearly written and grounded in far-ranging scholarship . . . Anyone interested in American history and, more specifically, with American spirituality will be deeply enriched by studying (not just reading this brilliant text.

Review for Religious - Ruth M. Slickman

Read Belden Lane's book and you will encounter your own desire for that elusive sacred country where the ordinary world changes from the moment to the eternal, where opposites are reconciled and all things are drawn to the center in an irresistible confluence.

Weavings - George R. Graham

[Lane] points to things I have quietly suspected, though never have been able to articulate . . . For a culture obsessed with time and time management, Lane's study is a quiet reminder of the formative effect of space.

Booknews

In this collection of scholarly essays and personal reflections, Lane (theology, Saint Louis U.) examines the connection between spirituality and place in the Native American, early French and Spanish, Puritan, Shaker, and Catholic Worker traditions. The expanded edition features a new introductory chapter that offers three new interpretive models for understanding American sacred space. The volume is not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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