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Three Pieces of Glass

Why We Feel Lonely in a World Mediated by Screens

by Jacobsen Eric O

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Eric Jacobsen looks at how the use of screens can contribute to loneliness and isolation and offers a perspective on how this can be rectified through belonging and connection

  • For anyone interested in an antidote to loneliness and isolation

  • Eric Jacobsen offers four redemptive strategies for living a more intentional and spiritual life.

  • You'll gain a fresh perspective on forming meaningful connections with those around you

  • Author

    Jacobsen Eric O

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Brazos Press

  • Published

    May 2020

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Product Description

Loneliness is increasingly recognized as a major public health crisis that is on the rise and impacting people of all ages. Addressing the crisis of loneliness from a fresh perspective, this book introduces belonging as an overlooked but critical aspect of a flourishing Christian life.

Eric Jacobsen shows how three pieces of glass--the car windshield, TV, and smartphone--are emblematic of significant societal shifts that have created a cultural habit of physical isolation. We feel increasingly disconnected from the people and places around us. Jacobsen explains how adopting everyday practices and making changes in our neighborhoods can help us create a sense of belonging and rediscover what belonging in a place looks like. In order to effectively solve the problem of loneliness, we need to recover patterns and practices of community life that encourage us to form meaningful connections with people and stories that are part of the places where we live, work, and worship. To this end, Jacobsen offers four redemptive strategies for living a more intentional and spiritual life.

Introduction: Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Part 1: Definitions

1. What Is Belonging?

2. The Special Need for Civic Belonging

3. Signs, Instruments, and Foretastes of Belonging

Part 2: Kingdom Belonging

4. The Character of Kingdom Belonging

5. The Character of Worldly Belonging

6. The Shape of Kingdom Belonging

7. Strangers and Kingdom Belonging

8. Kingdom and Covenant Belonging

Part 3: The Gospel and Belonging

9. The Promise of Community

Excursus: Social Capital

10. The Promise of Homecoming

Excursus: Place Attachment

11. The Promise of a Good Story

Excursus: Thick and Thin Language

Part 4: A Crisis of Belonging

12. Three Pieces of Glass: The Crisis of Belonging in Relationships

13. The Declining Civic Realm: The Crisis of Belonging in Places

14. Busy: The Crisis of Belonging in Story

Part 5: The Shapes Choices Take

15. Communally Shaped Choices

16. Policy-Shaped Choices

17. Liturgically Shaped Choices

Part 6: Encouraging Belonging

18. Belonging by Design

19. Belonging through Proximity

20. Belonging by Placemaking

21. Belonging and Local Culture

Conclusion: Belonging to the God Who Knows Your Name

Index

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  • Author

    Jacobsen Eric O

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Brazos Press

  • Published

    May 2020

  • Weight

    386g

  • Dimensions

    153 x 227 x 21 mm

  • ISBN

    9781587434228

  • ISBN-10

    1587434229

  • Eden Code

    5115783

More Information

  • Author/Creator: Jacobsen Eric O

  • ISBN: 9781587434228

  • Publisher: Brazos Press

  • Release Date: May 2020

  • Weight: 386g

  • Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 21 mm

  • Eden Code: 5115783

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