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Sacred power, sacred space : an introduction to Christian architecture and worship / Jeanne Halgren Kilde.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 236 pages) : illustrations, plansContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781435656802
  • 1435656806
  • 9780199851867
  • 0199851867
  • 0199718105
  • 9780199718108
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sacred power, sacred space.DDC classification:
  • 246/.909 22
LOC classification:
  • NA4605 .K48 2008eb
Other classification:
  • 21.70
Online resources:
Contents:
A method for thinking about power dynamics in Christian space -- Early Christian meeting space in the Roman empire -- Imperial power in Constantinian and Byzantine churches -- From abbey to great church, fortress to heavenly city -- Transformations of the Renaissance and Reformation -- Formalism and non- or antiformalism in worship and architecture -- Historicism, modernism, and space -- Concluding observations.
Action note:
  • digitized 2011 committed to preserve
Summary: The author's main concern in this book is the dynamic character of Christianity and how church buildings shape and influence the religion. She argues that a primary function of church buildings is to represent and reify three different types of power: divine power, personal empowerment, and social power.
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ULS: Sacred City: Christian Architecture through History and in the City of Philadelphia ULS: June 2024

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-221) and index.

A method for thinking about power dynamics in Christian space -- Early Christian meeting space in the Roman empire -- Imperial power in Constantinian and Byzantine churches -- From abbey to great church, fortress to heavenly city -- Transformations of the Renaissance and Reformation -- Formalism and non- or antiformalism in worship and architecture -- Historicism, modernism, and space -- Concluding observations.

Print version record.

The author's main concern in this book is the dynamic character of Christianity and how church buildings shape and influence the religion. She argues that a primary function of church buildings is to represent and reify three different types of power: divine power, personal empowerment, and social power.

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