Sacred power, sacred space
Subtitle: an introduction to Christian architecture and worship
By: Jeanne Halgren Kilde.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780195314694; 9780195336061
Subjects: Liturgy and architecture -- History; Church architecture -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A method for thinking about power dynamics in Christian space; title: Early Christian meeting space in the Roman empire; title: Imperial power in Constantinian and Byzantine churches; title: From abbey to great church, fortress to heavenly city; title: Transformations of the Renaissance and Reformation; title: Formalism and non- or anti-formalism in worship and architecture; title: Historicism, modernism, and space; title: Concluding observations.