Neither Here nor There

The Many Voices of Liminality

by Timothy L. Carson

Book cover: Neither Here nor There

Extent: 269 pages

Publisher: The Lutterworth Press

Subjects: Religious Studies

Language: English

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(February 2019)

ISBN: 9780718847876

Price: $27.99

An interdisciplinary anthology of essays exploring the concept of liminality and its fruitful application across a wide range of contemporary subjects.


Neither Here nor There: The Many Voices of Liminality draws together the expertise, experience, and insights of a coterie of authors, all of whom relate the core concepts of liminality to their unique contexts. The experience of and inquiry into liminal phenomena have developed into a distinct discipline of study which now crosses and informs many areas of thought, including anthropology, sociology, theology, psychology, literature and education. New vistas of interdisciplinary study have opened as a result of sharing the common language and symbol system of liminality. This anthology reflects the current resurgence of liminality and provides a critical source book ideal for individual reflection, study groups, classes and seminars. Fromthe inner workings of spiritual life to large social transformations, liminality now provides a powerful interpretive tool and effective method for spiritual direction, teaching and leadership.

  • By (author) Timothy Carson

"Neither Here Nor There: The Many Voices of Liminality is an informed, interesting, and unique collection on the increasingly popular subject of liminality. Its multitude of contributors - the 'many voices' of this work - come from numerous different walks of life and all have different stories to tell. Carson's edited work intriguingly weaves together the academic and the personal in this rich and diverse tapestry of all things liminal."Dr Elizabeth Parker, University of West London"This book rides the line between scholarship and poetry, memoir and psychology, anthropology and theology. And that, of course, makes its point. Easy dualisms are neat and clean: everything is day or night, right or wrong, us or them, in or out. Reality, like this book, transgresses, transcends, and includes. Timothy Carson has brought together an amazing array of diverse writers of uncommon skill to transport readers to a place they may never have been before, a space between familiar spaces and beyond the dualist mind."Brian D. McLaren, author, speaker and activist
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