Civic Art and the City of God: Traditional Urban Design and Christian Evangelism

Abstract

This essay argues that a conscientious effort to make churches a part of new, traditional, urban, formal settings will both better promote the churchs evangelical mission on behalf of the City of God and contribute to the civilizing function of the City of Man, and proposes several practical strategies for churches to promote traditional urbanism.Philip Bess, "Civic Art and the City of God: Traditional Urban Design and Christian Evangelism," Journal of Markets & Morality 6, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 33-57