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Sacred power, sacred space [electronic resource] : an introduction to Christian architecture and worship / Jeanne Halgren Kilde

Author
Kilde, Jeanne Halgren, 1957-
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Physical Description
236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents
A method for thinking about power dynamics in Christian space -- Early Christian meeting space in the Roman empire -- Imperial power in Constantinian and Byzantine churches -- From abbey to great church, fortress to heavenly city -- Transformations of the Renaissance and Reformation -- Formalism and non- or anti-formalism in worship and architecture -- Historicism, modernism, and space -- Concluding observations.
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ISBN
9780195314694 (cloth)
9780195336061 (pbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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