Between concept and identity / edited by Esteban Fernández-Cobián.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fernández-Cobián, Esteban, author.

Contributor:

Fernández-Cobián, Esteban, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church architecture--Europe.

Church architecture.

Catholic church buildings--History--Europe.

Catholic church buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (489 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The identity of places of worship is one of the most difficult problems faced by religious architecture at the start of this new millennium. Contemporary globalising experiences demand, peremptorily, a reflection, both conceptual and situational, on the origin of objects, people and institutions. Nevertheless, the chance of these migration flows annihilating already-existing religious identities is perceived as a problem. This problem is directly linked to the survival of architecture as a s.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

EDITOR'S PREFACE

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

SECTION 1

THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MYSTICAL BODY

THE DEBATE ON THE IDENTITYOF THE NEW CHURCHES. THE ITALIAN SITUATION

FROM THEOLOGY TO IDENTITYIN CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE

THE CONFIGURATION OF THE SACRED SPACE

REDEFINING THE SACRED IN THE URBAN REALM

THE SACRED SPACE IN THE GLOBALISED SOCIETY

SOCIETY 2

LERCARO AND THE BEGINNING OF MODERN LITURGICAL ARCHITECTURE

THE CONCEPTS AND IDENTITY

CONTEMPORTAY HUNGARIAN CHURCH-ARCHITECTURE

THE SEARCH FOR THE IRISH NATIONALIDENTITY THROUGH CHURCH ARCHITECTURE

AN AMAZING PROJECT

RELIGIOUS EXPRESSIONS OF CHICANOS

SECTION 3

CONTINUATIO NATURAE. THE MONASTICARCHITECTURE OF DOM HANS VAN DER LAAN

DOM HANS VAN DER LAAN'S ARCHITECTONIC SPACE

CISTERCIAN MINIMALISM

THE CHAPELS OF LABOUR UNIVERSITIES

THE HOLY FAMILY CHURCH

A STUDY OF DIFFERENCES IN THE PHYSICAL

SPACES IN CHRISTIANITY

SECTION 4

SAINT GEORGE'S CHURCH AND PARISH COMPLEX IN PAMPLONA

THE TRADITIONALWORSHIP AND SOCIAL REALITY

THE CONSTRUCTION OF 22 CHURCHESFOR TURIN'S PERIPHERY (1965-1977)

CONTEMPORARY CITIES AND THEPRESENCE OF THE CHURCH

CHURCH BUILDING AND THERMAL CITY IN ITALY

THE CAVEDONE DISTRICT CHURCH, BOLOGNA

THE DISTRICT CHURCH

SECTION 5

BUILDING THE RELIGIOUS SPACE

THE SILENCED DEATH

FATHER COSTANTINO RUGGERI,THE SINGER OF BEAUTY

AN UPDATE ON SACRED ART IN THE SPANISHTRADITION OF MYSTICAL REALISM

METAPHOR, BEAUTY AND CONTEMPORANEITYIN THE SPHERE OF WORSHIP

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 15, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6837-X

OCLC:

892799113