{"product_id":"distributed-holiness-taylor-halverson-9781951341817","title":"Distributed Holiness: How Scripture Rejects the Monopoly of Sacred Space","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if one of the Bible's most important themes has been hiding in plain sight?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany readers assume holiness belongs primarily to temples, sacred buildings, religious institutions, and centralized authority. Yet from Genesis to Revelation, a different story unfolds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDistributed Holiness\u003c\/i\u003e, Taylor Halverson, Ph.D., traces a remarkable biblical pattern: God repeatedly resists human attempts to monopolize the sacred. From Babel's tower to Solomon's temple, from imperial cities to religious bureaucracies, Scripture reveals a recurring tension between centralized holiness and God's desire to dwell among His people wherever covenant faith exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJourney through the Bible and the Book of Mormon to discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Why Babel represents humanity's first attempt to control divine access\u003cbr\u003e- How Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob encountered God far from temples and cities\u003cbr\u003e- Why Sinai and the Tabernacle established a theology of mobile holiness\u003cbr\u003e- How kings, cities, and temples reshaped Israel's religious imagination\u003cbr\u003e- Why prophets repeatedly challenged centralized religious power\u003cbr\u003e- How exile transformed Israel's understanding of God's presence\u003cbr\u003e- Why Jesus brought holiness directly to ordinary people in villages, homes, and marketplaces\u003cbr\u003e- How the early Christian movement shifted sacred space from buildings to communities\u003cbr\u003e- What the Book of Mormon teaches about wilderness, belonging, and covenant society\u003cbr\u003e- How Zion points toward a future where God's presence fills the whole earth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on biblical studies, ancient Near Eastern history, theology, and Restoration scripture, \u003ci\u003eDistributed Holiness\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh framework for understanding one of Scripture's grand narrative themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book invites readers to see the Bible as the story of a God who refuses to be confined by towers, temples, palaces, institutions, or geography. He descends. He moves. He speaks. He dwells with His people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a powerful vision of holiness that is relational, covenantal, and available wherever faithful people seek God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taylor Halverson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1951341813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951341817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Line of Sight Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Taylor Halverson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173539422463,"sku":"9781951341817","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/distributed-holiness-taylor-halverson-9781951341817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}