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Renewing the City
Our mission is to renew the city with a culture invigorated by Christian hope, informed by historical perspective, and ennobled for the common good.
Our vision is a city renewed by a cultural vigor that can sustain it, led by an ennobled generation, which humbly welcomes, stewards, and passes on the Christian tradition of civility, eloquence, and theological wisdom. |
CITY RENEWAL
How the City Hurts Your Brain ... and What You Can Do About It
 City life can be both stimulating and exhausting. In a recent article, Jonah Lehrer cites cognitive research which reveals the unique benefits and the potential psychological damage inherent to living in a city. Preservating natural landscapes in cities and recovering their integral role in the warp and woof of our busied lives is one important key to making city life a healthy, humane endeavor. The insights from this research have implications for those who design buildings and other public spaces, as well as for those of us whose daily habits are shaped by them. Click here to read more.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Art Museum: Cathedral or Cancer?
Which public building represents the greatest architectural, social, and spiritual  significance in a community: the cathedral or the art museum? How has this changed over time? Why does the public find the modernist architectural styles and features of many museums unwelcoming and disorienting? One critic suggests that abandoning trendy architectural pursuits can help restore the use of building plans which are scaled to fit our humanity and are therefore more inviting (and often, more beautiful). Click here to read more of this article, and then let us know what you think in our forum on “Architectural Hope.”
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Covenant College Hosts Free Seminar
"Seek the Welfare of the City: Effective Responses to Poverty and Human Need"
 Across America, many struggle in the face of financial hardship, broken families, and violent neighborhoods. What can we do in response to these needs? How can we effectively answer the call to "seek the welfare of the city"?
Loving our neighbors means taking time to understand the problems they face and how best to address them. Good intentions aren't enough. Solutions that work flow from an informed vision of social justice, responsibility, and human nature.
"Seek the Welfare of the City" is a half-day seminar that will explore these ideas and equip participants to respond effectively to needs in their community and beyond. Passionate speakers with backgrounds in theology, public policy, local church ministry, and community empowerment will address questions of social justice and cultural renewal, alongside practitioners pursuing these goals in and around Chattanooga. Equipped with an understanding of the causes of poverty and social breakdown, participants will be better able to serve those in need and seek the welfare of their community.
The seminar is Saturday, February 21, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Dora Maclellan Brown Memorial Chapel at Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, Georgia. For more information, click here.
NEW AT CRR
Book Groups Forming
> CRR is now forming book discussion groups. One group is discussing The Mind on Fire, an anthology of Blaise Pascal’s writing. Possible topics for other groups include: City Renewal / Personal Renaissance / Post-Reformation Science, Religion, and Reason / Classic Literature / Worldviews, History, and Cultural Renewal / Apologetics / Narratives of Renewal and Hope / Biblical Literacy / Political Philosophy. Click here to find out more and sign up.
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