Philip Bess

The Space Between

Theology

“Eric Jacobsen’s The Space Between is a seasoned Presbyterian pastor’s account of the reciprocal relationship between urban form and communal life. As Pope Benedict XVI reminds us, ‘Life in society must be considered first and foremost as a spiritual reality.’ And Jacobsen, working from a Christ-centered perspective emphasizing both justice and generosity, articulates not only for pastors and laypeople but also for neo-traditional urbanists what religious communities have to gain from traditional towns and neighborhoods, and what they have to give. Highly recommended.”