Inhabiting the Sacred in Everyday Life: How to Design a Place That Touches Your Heart, Stirs You to Consecrate and Cultivate It as Home, Dwell ... for It, and Let It Loose in Your Democracy

This book was written to appeal to all stakeholders who embrace a place. It is presented as an informative and practical guide to envisioning and creating more meaningful and fulfilling habitation that harmonizes local culture and personal experiences. In the first part of their book, Hester and Nelson share personal stories -aha moments - that changed their respective understandings and approaches to community design. In the second part, the authors present six strategies for inhabiting the sacred in any place, no matter the scale. They open each chapter with a theoretical framework and then share successful case studies from all over the U.S. and globe - accompanied by tried and true how to techniques. The book concludes with a look to the future. Beautifully illustrated and highly readable, Inhabiting the Sacred in Everyday Life is sure to be a book of lasting value.

• | Author: Randolph T. Hester (Jr.), Amber D. Nelson
• | Publisher: George F. Thompson Publishing
• | Publication Date: Jun 04, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 300 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1938086651
• | ISBN-13: 9781938086656