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Architecture, Theology, and Ethics: Making Architectural Design More Just

Autor Elise M. Edwards
en Limba Engleză Hardback – apr 2024
Architecture, Theology, and Ethics: Making Architectural Design More Just argues that architecture, design, and creativity are theological-ethical concerns that ought to be considered more deeply by Christians who are committed to social and environmental justice. Elise M. Edwards discusses the significance of architectural design, entering into ongoing conversations in theological ethics and aesthetics. She argues that architectural design is not just a professional practice for wealthy clients, but rather an activity that everyday people undertake when making choices that shape the spaces they inhabit. If Christians think theologically about their agency in these decisions, they will discover that architectural design becomes an opportunity to contribute to the flourishing for humanity and God's creation. Edwards proposes an approach to architectural design that presents it as prophetic action with the power to shape our world. This book then presents five moral commitments that guide design intentions and the process of design towards justice and inclusion. Grounded in liberationist, feminist, and womanist thought, Architecture, Theology, and Ethics makes a compelling case for architecture's relevance to Christian ethics and theology.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781498573290
ISBN-10: 1498573290
Pagini: 282
Ilustrații: 1 BW Illustration, 4 BW Photos
Dimensiuni: 158 x 237 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Lexington Books
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Preface
Introduction
Part I: Architecture in Pursuit of Justice
Chapter 1: Revisioning Design
Chapter 2: Design as Prophetic Action
Part II: Creativity
Chapter 3: Creativity: Casting a Vision
Chapter 4: Who Is a Designer? Inviting Participation in Design
Part III: Empathy
Chapter 5: Empathy: Loving Our Neighbors
Chapter 6: Empathic Design Practices
Part IV: Discernment
Chapter 7: Discernment: Making Wise Decisions
Part V: Beauty
Chapter 8: Beauty: Nourishing the Soul
Chapter 9: The Fittingness of Aesthetic Choices
Part VI: Sustainability
Chapter 10: Sustainability: Caring for God's Creation
Chapter 11: Sustainable Design Norms
Conclusion: What is Good Architecture?
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Site Analysis and Existing Conditions Surveys
Bibliography
About the Author
Index

Recenzii

Elise Edwards's Architecture, Theology, and Ethics is groundbreaking. Here for the first time, we have a black feminist ethicist trained in Architecture, Christian Ethics, and Theology articulating what architectural practice rooted in a moral and liberative vision looks like. For the first time, we could sit architectural students, theology students, art students, and students concerned with black life in the same classroom and offer them a text to think together about our work, our world, and the possibilities of a shared project of building life. This is a generational text.
Bridging her training as an architect with the task of ethics, Edwards invites the reader to consider the moral meaning and value of our built environment. Too seldom do we consider the ethics of design and how it can contribute to the well-being of the human community. This book is a beautiful reminder of the central role that aesthetics can and should play in helping us shape a more just and sustainable world.
This exciting interdisciplinary work by a Black feminist scholar and registered architect will expand the reader's understanding of the ethical dimensions of the built environment. As Edwards extends liberationist thinking by approaching architectural design through it, we readers will come to learn how architectural design can advance or thwart the values of justice, creativity, empathy, discernment, beauty, and sustainability. This book is a must-read for anyone curious about those questions.