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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... Practice of Jewish Space Jennifer Cousineau / 65 II . Identity 5. Salvage / Salvation : Recent African American Yard Shows John Beardsley / 89 6. Spaces for a New Public Presence : The Sri Siva Vishnu and Murugan Temples in Metropolitan ...
... practice , public display - this glimpse of Chicago is ample evidence that the American landscape is dense with religious allusion , but how much of it is actually sacred space ? Certainly churches , temples , and mosques locate the ...
... . " 15 Put simply , this approach constitutes a rethinking of how we understand religion and its history . By locating in the foreground the everyday beliefs and practices of the laity , scholars 4 American Sanctuary.
... practice of the sacred lies somewhere between official theologies and the pro- fane spaces against which those theologies were written . 17 Actors participating in the construction of meaning include not just the clerical hierarchy and ...
... practice at the fore of mean- ing when he presents his “ ritual - architectural reception theory , " dedicated to the examination of multiple specific “ ritual - architectural events . " Such events do not deny the power of place , but ...
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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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