Arno Schilberg

Where is the &raquo,place&laquo, of the human being? The place of residence and work, home and country, indeed the earth as a human place, no longer stand for the external and internal location of people. The living conditions of the smartphone- and IT-networked high-speed human being pose questions about his sense of place, as do the planned space missions to the moon or Mars. Is man virtually delocalised &ndash, or even a cosmopolitan who leaves the earth? How has the family place evolved? What place do we occupy in economic life? What is the significance and salvation-historical interpretation of Old and New Testament places? Where and in what are Christian communities located today? The volume is dedicated to this broad spectrum of questions.

With contributions by Johann Hinrich Claussen, Alfred Krabbem Reinhold Ewald, Dirk Engelmann, Klaus D&uuml,rre, R&uuml,diger Lux, Andreas Lindemann, Friederike N&uuml,sssel and Tobias Holischka.

[Of the Place of Humans]
Where is the &raquo,place&laquo, of humans? The place where people live and work, their home and country, and even the earth as their &ldquo,place&rdquo, &ndash, these no longer stand for the external and internal placing of people as they have in the past. The living conditions of high-speed human beings, linked with smartphones and IT, pose questions about their sense of place just as much as the planned space missions to the moon or Mars. Are humans virtually delocalized &ndash, or even cosmopolitans who leave the earth? How has familial place evolved? What place do we occupy in economic life? What is the significance and what interpretation from salvation history is assigned to Old and New Testament places? Where and wherein are Christian communities located today? This volume is dedicated to this broad spectrum of questions.