Touched by This Place: Theological Writing and the Power of Place - Paperbackby Benjamin Valent? n (Author) In Touched By This Place, Benjam? n Valent? n brings readers on his journey to answer the question, "Can you tell us where exactly this work was born?" Paying particular attention to Spanish Harlem, where he grew up and lived for twenty seven years, Valent? n encourages readers to recognize how the reality of place as source or wellspring influences and is influenced by human thought, experience, memory, identity, and