Blueprints for a Just City: The Role of the Church in Urban Planning and Shaping the City's Built Environment - Paperback

by Sean Benesh (Author)

What role does the church play in shaping the built environment of the city? Or does it? Blueprints for a Just City is an exploratory journey looking at the ways in which God's people have played a pivotal role in not only influencing life in the city, but in the actual built environment as well. Together we will delve into the parameters of the Gospel, the role of common grace in the city, and God's involvement in shaping urban form. If God's heartbeat is for justice and equity, as part of the Gospel story, how then does the church immerse itself into the city influencing and shaping the built environment? The outcome of Blueprints for a Just City is to collect and synthesize blueprints for what a just and equitable city can look like when marked by the Gospel.

Author Biography

Sean Benesh (DMin, Bakke Graduate University) lives in Portland, Oregon where he is the Developer of Urban Strategy and Training for TEAM and directs the PDX Loft, a church planting and urban immersion training center for the Upstream Collective. He is the author of several other books including The Urbanity of the Bible and View From the Urban Loft.