American Sanctuary: Understanding Sacred SpacesLouis P. Nelson Indiana University Press, 14 mars 2006 - 296 pages 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 Connecticut; the changes in evangelical church architecture during the same century and what that tells us about evangelical religious life; the impact of contemporary issues on Catholic church architecture; the impact of globalization on the construction of traditional sacred spaces; the urban practice of Jewish space; nature worship and Central Park in New York; the mezuzah and domestic sacred space; and, finally, the spiritual aspects of African American yard art. |
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... culture . The architecture of many " megachurches " suggests that some American Christians quite comfortably combine the religious with the commercial and other expressions of popular culture . " From New York's Frick to food courts ...
... Culture of American Religions , ed- ited by Morgan and Promey , which has in many ways shaped the essays in this volume . 19 McDannell , Schmidt , Promey , Morgan , and others have demon- strated the importance of the material and ...
... culture have located human agency more squarely at the center of sacred meaning . In an important essay refram- ing Eliade's work , Jonathan Z. Smith emphasized human agency in recog- nizing and marking sacred spaces . In Map Is Not ...
... culture.24 Erika Meitner's essay examines the mezuzah , a small scroll on which is inscribed passages from the Torah , usually contained in a small case and nailed to the doorpost of the house . The mezuzah transforms a residence into a ...
... culture of American Protestants , David Morgan has determined that the faculty of memory sacralizes objects even in the context of a tradition wary of associating religion and the image . Morgan argues that through memory sacred images ...
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The Design of Sacred Space in New Yorks Central Park | 29 |
4 The Urban Practice of Jewish Space | 57 |
II Identity | 79 |
Recent African American Yard Shows | 81 |
The Sri Siva Vishnu and Murugan Temples in Metropolitan Washington DC | 95 |
Anglican Constructions of the Sacred | 149 |
American Judaism and Constructions of Domestic Sacred Space | 174 |
Memorial Architecture and the Struggle for Meaning | 195 |
IV Toward a Method | 215 |
A Method for Focusing on Religious Meaning | 220 |
Select Bibliography | 237 |
Contributors | 255 |
Index | 257 |
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