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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780195314694 (cloth)
  • 0195314697 (cloth)
  • 9780195336061 (pbk.)
  • 0195336062 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 246/.909 22
LOC classification:
  • NA4605 .K48 2008
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 anti-formalism in worship and architecture -- Historicism, modernism, and space -- Concluding observations.
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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.

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