When Church Became Theatre
Subtitle: The Transformation of Evangelical Architecture and Worship in Nineteenth-Century America
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: June 14, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780195143416
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; History of religion; Religious Buildings; Protestant church buildings; General; Religion; History - General History; Institutions & Organizations; USA; Christian Ministry - Evangelism; Architecture-Religious Buildings; History / General; Religion / Evangelism; Religion-Christianity - Evangelism; Christianity - Evangelism; 19th century; Architecture; United States
First sentence: Late in the fall of 1814, the congregation of the First Church of Christ, New Haven, Connecticut, prepared to move into its new meetinghouse.