American Sanctuary: Understanding Sacred Spaces

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 Edited By Louis P. Nelson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [251]-267) And Index.