The Order of Reality: Sacred Space
This series of lectures explores space within the biblical ritual world with a view to the aforementioned “Levitical Quadrilateral”: holy, profane, impure, and pure (Lev. 10:10). The priority of the communal over the individualistic in Scripture’s ritual ontology is examined in relation to sanctuary space considerations including tabernacle, temple, and the church or sacred assembly, and the function of the sacraments in identifying and delimiting sacred space as a Christological-ecclesial reality. Within this overall vision, the theological meaning and existential phenomenon of “home” (including nostalgia) for human persons is unpacked and explored with a view to the enervating aimlessness and fundamentally detached character of contemporary life.
This series of lectures explores space within the biblical ritual world with a view to the aforementioned “Levitical Quadrilateral”: holy, profane, impure, and pure (Lev. 10:10). The priority of the communal over the individualistic in Scripture’s ritual ontology is examined in relation to sanctuary space considerations including tabernacle, temple, and the church or sacred assembly, and the function of the sacraments in identifying and delimiting sacred space as a Christological-ecclesial reality. Within this overall vision, the theological meaning and existential phenomenon of “home” (including nostalgia) for human persons is unpacked and explored with a view to the enervating aimlessness and fundamentally detached character of contemporary life.
This series of lectures explores space within the biblical ritual world with a view to the aforementioned “Levitical Quadrilateral”: holy, profane, impure, and pure (Lev. 10:10). The priority of the communal over the individualistic in Scripture’s ritual ontology is examined in relation to sanctuary space considerations including tabernacle, temple, and the church or sacred assembly, and the function of the sacraments in identifying and delimiting sacred space as a Christological-ecclesial reality. Within this overall vision, the theological meaning and existential phenomenon of “home” (including nostalgia) for human persons is unpacked and explored with a view to the enervating aimlessness and fundamentally detached character of contemporary life.