American sanctuary : understanding sacred spaces / edited by Louis P. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, Louis P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sacred space--United States.

Sacred space.

United States--Religion.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume examines a diverse set of spaces and buildings seen through the lens of popular practice and belief to shed light on the complexities of sacred space in America. Contributors explore how dedication sermons document shifting understandings of the meetinghouse in early 19th-century Connecticut; the changes in evangelical church architecture during the same century and what that tells us about evangelical religious life; the impact of contemporary issues on Catholic church architecture; the im

Contents:

New England orthodoxy and the language of the sacred / Gretchen Buggeln

God in Gotham: the design of sacred space in New York's Central Park / Paula A. Mohr

The urban practice of Jewish space / Jennifer Cousineau

Salvage/Salvation: recent African American yark shows / John Beardsley

Spaces for a new public presence: the Sri Siva Vishnu and Murugan temples in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. / Joanne Punzo Waghorne

Getting beyond Gothic: challenges for contemporary Catholic church architecture / Paula M. Kane

Word, shape, and image: Anglican constructions of the sacred / Louis P. Nelson

The Mezuzah: American Judaism and constructions of domestic sacred space / Erika Meitner

Mythic pieties of permanence: memorial architecture and the struggle for meaning / Jeffrey F. Meyer

Reading megachurches: investigating the religious and cultural work of church architecture / Jeanne Halgren Kilde

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-267) and index.

ISBN:

0-253-11196-X

1-4337-0844-2

OCLC:

191948989