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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... Meaning Jeffrey F. Meyer / 203 IV . Toward a Method 11. Reading Megachurches : Investigating the Religious and Cultural Work of Church Architecture Jeanne Halgren Kilde / 225 Select Bibliography / 251 Contributors / 269 Index / 271 ...
... meaning often generated by scholars of comparative religions seem to fall short of the nuances of specific historical circumstances . Conversely , cul- tural historians seem too quick to embrace religion as a powerful agent of some ...
... meanings that are embedded in the identity of the cultures which produced them . One of the essential questions in the ... meaning in ways that transcend specific theologies . But while Eliade remains foundational to the field , his ...
... meaning in- tended by the designer of a sacred place differs from the meaning imposed by theologians , which differs yet again from the meanings embraced by its regu- lar occupants . The lived religion of sacred spaces encompasses all ...
... 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 Territory , Smith emphasizes that " man is no passive receiver ; he must ...
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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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