American Sanctuary: Understanding Sacred Spaces Book

Contents
1. Introduction Louis P. NelsonI. Inscription2. New England Orthodoxy and the Language of the Sacred Gretchen Buggeln3. God in Gotham: Architecture and the Design of Sacred Space in New York's Central Park Paula A. Mohr4. The Urban Practice of Jewish Space Jennifer CousineauII. Identity5. Salvage/Salvation: Recent African American Yard Shows John Beardsley6. Spaces for a New Public Presence: The Sri Siva Vishnu and Murugan Temples in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Joanne Punzo Waghorne7. Getting beyond Gothic: Challenges for Contemporary Catholic Church Architecture Paula M. KaneIII. Instability8. Word, Shape, and Image: Anglican Constructions of the Sacred Louis P. Nelson9. The Mezuzah: American Judaism and Constructions of Domestic Sacred Space Erika Meitner10. Mythic Pieties of Permanence: Memorial Architecture and the Struggle for Meaning Jeffrey F. MeyerIV. Toward a Method11. Reading Megachurches: Investigating the Religious and Cultural Work of Church Architecture Jeanne Halgren KildeSelect BibliographyContributorsIndex