Eric Jacobsen

Eric Jacobsen is the author of The Space Between (Baker, 2012), and Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith (Brazos, 2003) as well as numerous articles on New Urbanism. He is a member of the Congress for New Urbanism, and a participant in the Colloquium on Theology and the Built Environment sponsored by St. Andrews University and the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship at Calvin College.
Articles by Eric Jacobsen
Town Fabric and Placemaking
This excerpt is the second in a three-part series from Eric Jacobsen’s book, The Space Between. Read Part I here. Town Fabric and Placemaking The built environment plays an important…
Place and Space: An Excerpt from The Space Between
Place and Space Place, in contrast to space, is a context-specific, meaning-rich concept. Although many use the two words interchangeably, a fairly clean distinction can be made between them. Space…