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[German Version] I. Sociology The popular idea of a town or city is primarily a densely populated and heterogeneous collection of buildings having various uses, provided with specific rights, and always having a market place. The “European city” is however principally understood as being also the arena of city society. Sociology has studied the d…

[German Version] The term “city” indicates an area of concentrated inhabitation ranking, usually in size but sometimes more in status, as superior to the “town.” Exact definitions vary: in Germany a Großstadt is any town of more than 100,000 inhabitants, while in the UK the designation “city” is dependent on the status of a town as an episcopal seat with a cathedral, and in the US a city is a “town… incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen” (Webster). A city of one million inhabitants or m…

1. Biblical Aspects 1.1. General Biblical history includes a rich theology of the city, which we might see as a parable of all human history and destiny in its vertical relation to God. From the first narratives in Genesis (4ff.) to their counterpart in Revelation (…

1. NT 1.1. Term T…

[English Version] I. SoziologischS. sind nach landläufiger Vorstellung v.a. eine dichte und heterogene Ansammlung von Gebäuden unterschiedlicher Nutzung, versehen mit spezifischen Rechten und immer auch Marktort. Im Verständnis der »eur. S.« ist sie v.a. aber auch die Arena der Stadtgesellschaft. Die Sozio…