"Using the theatre and space for performance as a tool to crack the understanding of architecture as a common ground for humanity, this is almost a primer. Humane, opinionated and frequently very funny, it's a rare architecture book that both provokes and entertains." Financial Times This book is about how and why we construct the world, from individual rooms to social space to cities to the very planet itself. It argues that a failure of empathy -a lack of common sense- has limited our ability to build in harmony with each other and the environment. This failure now threatens our survival....

Chaplaincy is a rapidly growing ministry, but one that has been the centre of little theological discussion. Focusing on understanding what chaplaincy is and how it is exercised in different contexts, this book intends to support the work of chaplains by providing a theological examination of their ministry. The chapters in this book discuss how the work of chaplains outside the structures of the Church and yet frequently carried out by ministers authorized by the Church relates to some of the key questions of how the Church understands itself in relation to the world (i.e. institutions and...