American sanctuary: understanding sacred spaces

Abstract

1. Introduction Louis P. Nelson I. Inscription 2. New England Orthodoxy and the Language of the Sacred Gretchen Buggeln 3. God in Gotham: Architecture and the Design of Sacred Space in New York's Central Park Paula A. Mohr 4. The Urban Practice of Jewish Space Jennifer Cousineau II. Identity 5. Salvage/Salvation: Recent African American Yard Shows John Beardsley 6. Spaces for a New Public Presence: The Sri Siva Vishnu and Murugan Temples in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Joanne Punzo Waghorne 7. Getting beyond Gothic: Challenges for Contemporary Catholic Church Architecture Paula M. Kane III. Instability 8. Word, Shape, and Image: Anglican Constructions of the Sacred Louis P. Nelson 9. The Mezuzah: American Judaism and Constructions of Domestic Sacred Space Erika Meitner 10. Mythic Pieties of Permanence: Memorial Architecture and the Struggle for Meaning Jeffrey F. Meyer IV. Toward a Method 11. Reading Megachurches: Investigating the Religious and Cultural Work of Church Architecture Jeanne Halgren Kilde Select Bibliography