01672cam a2200289 a 4500 18471 18471 15030136 20161220153541.0 071001s2008 enka b 001 0 eng 2007040449 9780195314694 (cloth) 9780195336061 (pbk.) DLC DLC DLC NA4605 .K48 2008 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. Liturgy and architecture History. Church architecture History. lcc BOOKS NA4605 .K48 2008