Title: American churches /
Authors: Kennedy, Roger G.
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang : distributed by Crossroad Pub. Co.,
Year: 1982
Subjects: Church buildings United States.; Church architecture United States.
Abstract: American Churches is a magnificent volume. Over100 churches and Temples, with 200 superb full color and 50 black and white photographs.
Contents: The architecture of mystery. The artist and mystery ; Participation in creation and participation in community ; Pleasure and joy ; The cathedral builders -- The children of light. Renaissance and Reformation ; The first Americans ; The exarchs ; The entrepreneurs ; The exiles ; The great century -- The forms of worship. Axes and symbols ; Mandalas ; The basilican tradition ; Heavenly spaces ; A final note.