I have recently come across a fascinating website that deals with the built environment from a Christian perspective: www.arXitecture.org.uk
The site is run by Leslie Barker "to promote an ethical approach (based on Christianity) to the study and practice of architecture, and to share the Good News of Christianity with other architects, especially those of Generation X onwards." He calls this the Great Commission for Architects:
The Great Commission for Architects has three components which interact in a circle which can be joined at any point.
GC is the Great Commission given by Jesus to all his followers Go and make disciples of all nations ... teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
CM is the Cultural Mandate developed from God's command to Adam and Eve to tend the garden, to fill the earth and subdue it, making use of its resources in a sustainable way for the equal benefit of all mankind, across the world, for the present and into the future.
CCPD is Continuing Christian Professional Development which applies the teaching of the Bible to professional development, here specifically for architects and planners. It covers not only the process and product but also the people (whether architects or not, professionals or not) who contribute to the built environment.
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