| #830830 in Books | Kilde Jeanne Halgren | 2008-07-21 | 2008-07-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 6.10 x.60 x9.10l,.75 | File type: PDF | 248 pages | Sacred Power Sacred Space An Introduction to Christian Architecture and Worship||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| This is a solid survey of christian architecture from the ...|By Mike Sealander|This is a solid survey of christian architecture from the early church on up to contemporary buildings in the United States. The underlying approach is to critique architectural moves in terms of their effect on different constituents: lay members, the uninitiated, the clergy, and so on. There is an|||"Jeanne Kilde is a gifted teacher and a mature scholar who has been studying and writing about material culture since before it was fashionable to do so. Her works are careful, imaginative, and daring, and this treatment of the linkages of power and space is
Jeanne Halgren Kilde's survey of church architecture is unlike any other. Her main concern is not the buildings themselves, but rather the dynamic character of Christianity and how church buildings shape and influence the religion. Kilde argues that a primary function of church buildings is to represent and reify three different types of power: divine power, or ideas about God; personal empowerment as manifested in the individual's perceived relationship to the divine; a...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Sacred Power, Sacred Space: An Introduction to Christian Architecture and Worship | Jeanne Halgren Kilde. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
