In Spaces for the Sacred, Philip Sheldrake brilliantly reveals the connection between our rootedness in the places we inhabit and the construction of our personal and religious identities. Based on the prestigious Hulsean Lectures he delivered at the University of Cambridge, Sheldrake's book examines the sacred narratives which derive from both overtly religious sites such as cathedrals, and secular ones, like the Millennium Dome, and it suggests how Christian theological and spiritual traditions may contribute creatively to current debates about place.
This work examines the relationship between place, memory and identity. Drawing on a wide range of writers, from Duns Scotus to Simon Schama, as well as on poetry and his own memories of his childhood in Dorset, Sheldrake offers a way of meditating on the importance of place in our lives.
