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A Sense of the Sacred: Theological Foundations of Christian Architecture and Art - Heavenly City: The Architectural Tradition of Catholic Chicago - Book review
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Sacred spaces & other places.
A Sense of the Sacred: Theological Foundations of Christian Architecture and Art by R. Kevin Seasoltz Continuum, 394 pages, $29.95
Heavenly City: The Architectural Tradition of Catholic Chicago by Denis R. McNamara Liturgy Training, 160 pages, $59.95 It's no secret that the state of contemporary religious architecture in America is bad. Really bad. The American idea of inevitable progress runs into a brick wall when we compare the quality of our architectural output a century ago with the stuff we are building now. Every denomination's churches have suffered--but the most severe damage done by the sundry theoretical crazes of recent decades may be to Catholic architecture. The question, of course, is why. And the answer--well, we might start by looking here: It was a large rectangular room with white walls, deep windows, and a stone floor; the space was devoid of any decoration. As remodeled, the only furnishings were a hundred small cuboid black stools. The disposition of the room could be easily changed for different functions. For example, if a discussion, recital, or conference were being held, the stools were...See the full content of this document
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