Main entry:

DeSanctis, Michael E.

Title & Author:

Building from belief : advance, retreat, and compromise in the remaking of Catholic church architecture / Michael E. DeSanctis.

Publication:

Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, ©2002.

Description:

x, 116 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), plans ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: "Where We Stand" -- 1. Beauty, Holiness, and Liturgical Space -- 2. Catholic Sacramentality and the Reform of Sacred Architecture -- 3. Pastoral Dimension of Church Renovation -- 4. Let's Stop Renovating Church Buildings (and Start Renovating the Church) -- 5. Coming to Terms with Modern Design -- 6. Worshiping in "Noplace": Casual Observations on American Catholic Liturgy in the Second Machine Age -- 7. Images by Which We Live and Build -- 8. Quest for "Noble Simplicity"

Summary:

These essays are an invitation to build the promised kingdom, allowing the grace of God into our hearts and in our spaces.
The essays in Building from Belief focus on Catholic church architecture and invite those who are involved in the creation of worship space to be "the world's memory of what beauty looks like, and what sanctity feels like." Includes eight pages of full-color photographs with black-and-white photographs and illustrations throughout.

ISBN:

9780814627556 (pbk.)
0814627552 (pbk.)
(epub)
9780814639795
0814639798

Subject:

Catholic church buildings United States History 20th century.
Liturgy and architecture United States History 20th century.
Églises catholiques États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Liturgie et architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Catholic church buildings.
Liturgy and architecture.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 228036
Call No.: NA5212 .D47 2002
Status: Available