Houses of God: Region, Religion, and Architecture in the United States (Public Express Religion America)
Williams's (Popular Religion in America, Univ. of Illinois, 1989) seven illustrated essays on vernacular religious architecture stem from a 1994 photographic exhibit and conference at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. Together they offer a detail-packed and remarkably interdisciplinary examination of how theology, liturgy, style, ethnicity, and social history have shaped America's churches. Over 100 old and new photographs, many by distinguished photographers, capture the buildings in their social context as icons of American religious experience. Useful bibliographies at the end of each region's chapter and indexes by personal names and structures conclude the work. For academic architecture, religion, and American studies collections.?Russell T. Clement, Univ. of Tennessee Lib., KnoxvilleCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.