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American sanctuary understanding sacred spaces

Title
American sanctuary [electronic resource] : understanding sacred spaces / edited by Louis P. Nelson.
Publication
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.

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  • Nelson, Louis P.
  • ebrary, Inc.
Description
1 online resource (x, 280 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
American sanctuary (Online)
Subject
  • Sacred space > United States
  • United States > Religion
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-267) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Contents
New England orthodoxy and the language of the sacred / Gretchen Buggeln -- God in Gotham: the design of sacred space in New York's Central Park / Paula A. Mohr -- The urban practice of Jewish space / Jennifer Cousineau -- Salvage/Salvation: recent African American yark shows / John Beardsley -- Spaces for a new public presence: the Sri Siva Vishnu and Murugan temples in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. / Joanne Punzo Waghorne -- Getting beyond Gothic: challenges for contemporary Catholic church architecture / Paula M. Kane -- Word, shape, and image: Anglican constructions of the sacred / Louis P. Nelson -- The Mezuzah: American Judaism and constructions of domestic sacred space / Erika Meitner -- Mythic pieties of permanence: memorial architecture and the struggle for meaning / Jeffrey F. Meyer -- Reading megachurches: investigating the religious and cultural work of church architecture / Jeanne Halgren Kilde
OCLC
ssj0000102407
Title
American sanctuary [electronic resource] : understanding sacred spaces / edited by Louis P. Nelson.
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-267) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Nelson, Louis P.
ebrary, Inc.
LCCN
2005020158
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