Temples for a modern god : religious architecture in postwar America / Jay M. Price.

Main entry:

Price, Jay M., 1969-

Title & Author:

Temples for a modern god : religious architecture in postwar America / Jay M. Price.

Publication:

Description:

xi, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.
The search for a better church building -- The postwar house of worship -- Postwar religious building: a negotiated conversation -- Making a modern church still look like a church -- "Let's stop building cathedrals" -- Conclusion : An unappreciated legacy.

Summary:

Temples for a Modern God is one of the first major studies of American religious architecture in the postwar period, and it reveals the diverse and complicated set of issues that emerged just as one of the nation's biggest building booms unfolded. Jay Price tells the story of how a movement consisting of denominational architectural bureaus, freelance consultants, architects, professional and religious organizations, religious building journals, professional conferences, artistic studios, and specialized businesses came to have a profound influence on the nature of sacred space. Debates over architectural style coincided with equally significant changes in worship practice. Meanwhile, suburbanization and the baby boom required a new type of worship facility, one that had to attract members and serve a social role as much as honor the Divine. Price uses religious architecture to explore how Mainline Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, and other traditions moved beyond their ethnic, regional, and cultural enclaves to create a built environment that was simultaneously intertwined with technology and social change, yet rooted in a fluid and shifting sense of tradition. Price argues that these structures, as often mocked as loved, were physical embodiments of a significant, if underappreciated, era in American religious history.

ISBN:

9780199925957 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
019992595X (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780190872908 (paperback ; alk. paper)
019087290X (paperback ; alk. paper)
(ebook)
9780199980482
0199980489
9780199925964
0199925968

Subject:

Church architecture United States History 20th century.
Architecture chrétienne États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Church architecture.
Kirchenbau
Architektur
United States.
USA
Architecture.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284919
Call No.: BIB 224170
Status: Available

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