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American sanctuary : understanding sacred spaces /
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 Connect...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 yard 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.