Pahl, Jon, 1958-

Shopping malls and other sacred spaces : putting God in place / Jon Pahl. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2003. - 288 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-279) and index.

Does God wear clothes? -- Seeking sacred places -- The shopping mall as "stairway to heaven," leading nowhere -- Worshiping the golden mouse : Walt Disney world and American civil religion -- Private possessions : American domestic religion and the suburban household -- God naked : the violence of banality and the crisis of affordable housing in America -- Living waters -- The light of the world -- The rock of salvation -- The true vine -- One body -- Cities of God -- Epilogue : Pilgrims' process : salvation by grace through place.

1587430452 (pbk.) 9781587430459 (pbk.)

2003012189


Sacred space.
Theology.
Sacred space--United States.
Christianity and culture--United States.

BV 895 / .P34 2003