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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... divine " irrupts " itself in a palpable reality , creating sacred space with essential char- acter that is radically different and easily distinguishable from the profane or the ordinary . Critical to Eliade's understanding of sacred ...
... divine . For Cram , the power of the space implies its own sanctity , an integration of aesthetics and theology masterfully explored by Richard Kieckhefer in his recent book Theology in Stone.11 Catalyzed by a ro- mance with the scale ...
... divine , the condition of divine indwelling is not essential to those places Americans identify as sacred . Gretchen Buggeln's essay finds early - nineteenth- century Congregational ministers engaged in " rhetorical gymnastics " to navi ...
... divine or the pro- clivity to emphasize the intended meanings inscribed by architects and theolo- gians , histories of sacred places have been reluctant to relinquish monolithic and immutable interpretations of sacred places . But the ...
... divine and to recast their understanding of the sanctity of space in entirely new terms . As religious prac- tice encounters change in its larger culture , it will necessarily respond , gener- ating change in the religious meanings of ...
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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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