Sacred power, sacred space :

Kilde, Jeanne Halgren, 1957-

Sacred power, sacred space : an introduction to Christian architecture and worship / Jeanne Halgren Kilde. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references 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 anti-formalism in worship and architecture -- Historicism, modernism, and space -- Concluding observations.

9780195314694 (cloth) 9780195336061 (pbk.)

2007040449


Liturgy and architecture--History.
Church architecture--History.

NA4605 / .K48 2008
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