American Sanctuary: Understanding Sacred SpacesLouis P. Nelson Indiana University Press, 2006 - 280 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 meeting house 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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... nature writing as an influential vehicle for promoting to Americans the moral message of nature , and writers used prose to effectively explore the potential of nature to provide Americans with a spiritual balm . An important example is ...
... nature writing as an influential vehicle for promoting to Americans the moral message of nature , and writers used prose to effectively explore the potential of nature to provide Americans with a spiritual balm . An important example is ...
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... Nature , was convinced that in the “ iron age ” ( as he called the industrial nineteenth century ) , nature became even more impor- tant.15 One of the most prolific and ardent writers on this subject was the art critic John Ruskin ...
... Nature , was convinced that in the “ iron age ” ( as he called the industrial nineteenth century ) , nature became even more impor- tant.15 One of the most prolific and ardent writers on this subject was the art critic John Ruskin ...
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... nature , religion , and architecture in Central Park can be underscored by a final example which serves as a bookend to the idea of the Mall as cathedral with which this essay began . A design for a “ sylvan temple ” ( Fig . 3.6 ) ...
... nature , religion , and architecture in Central Park can be underscored by a final example which serves as a bookend to the idea of the Mall as cathedral with which this essay began . A design for a “ sylvan temple ” ( Fig . 3.6 ) ...
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Introduction | 1 |
New England Orthodoxy and the Language of the Sacred | 17 |
The Design of Sacred Space in New Yorks | 37 |
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