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Harbors of Heaven: Bethlehem and the Places We Love
Jeffrey Johnson
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Description for Harbors of Heaven: Bethlehem and the Places We Love
Paperback. Drawing on biblical texts and the author's own memories of childhood in rural Minnesota, and the poetry of Wallace Stevens, Vassar Miller, William Carlos Williams, and others to explore our perception of place, this book deals with our attachment to places, from small and familiar corners of our childhood homes to faraway and imaginary lands. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 172 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
The scriptures are full of topophilia—love of place—in stories of pilgrimage and promised land, shrines and sanctuaries, births and deaths, and of the metaphysical “place” that Jesus called the kingdom of God. Our lives, too, are marked by the places we love. In Harbors of Heaven, Jeffrey Johnson draws on biblical texts, his own memories of childhood in rural Minnesota, and the poetry of Wallace Stevens, Vassar Miller, William Carlos Williams, and others to explore our perception of place. This is a book about our attachment to places, from small and familiar corners of our childhood homes to ... Read more
The scriptures are full of topophilia—love of place—in stories of pilgrimage and promised land, shrines and sanctuaries, births and deaths, and of the metaphysical “place” that Jesus called the kingdom of God. Our lives, too, are marked by the places we love. In Harbors of Heaven, Jeffrey Johnson draws on biblical texts, his own memories of childhood in rural Minnesota, and the poetry of Wallace Stevens, Vassar Miller, William Carlos Williams, and others to explore our perception of place. This is a book about our attachment to places, from small and familiar corners of our childhood homes to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cowley Publications
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Blue Ridge Summit, United States
ISBN
9781561012671
SKU
V9781561012671
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Ref
99-15
About Jeffrey Johnson
Jeffrey Johnson is pastor of Peace Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Wayland, Massachusetts. He studied at St. Olaf College, Yale Divinity School, and Boston University, and his poems and essays have appeared in The Christian Century, First Things, Christianity and Literature, Anglican Theological Review, Encounter, and The Mars Hill Review. Johnson is also the author of Acquainted with the Night: The ... Read more
Reviews for Harbors of Heaven: Bethlehem and the Places We Love
We often take for granted the places where we live, love, or work. We forget that the ground on which we walk is sacred. [Jeffrey Johnson] has written a thoughtful, creative, and energizing book that enables us to appreciate the various places in our lives and to savor Bethlehem as a place we love in our hearts.
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