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- catalog abstract ""Houses of God is a fascinating look at how Americans shape their places of worship into multifaceted reflections of their culture, beliefs, and times. Peter Williams divides the nation into seven distinctive regions - New England, the Mid-Atlantic states, the South, the Old Northwest, the Great Plains and Mountains, the Spanish Borderlands, and the Pacific Rim - and traces the historical development of and geographic influences on religious building in each." "Beautifully illustrated with over 100 photographs - some by extremely well known photographers such as Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange - this handsome book is the first to provide a broad survey of American religious architecture. It is a deeply interdisciplinary study in which Williams examines the influences of immigration and internal population movements; landscape and stylistic changes in architecture; and "secular," liturgical, and theological influences." "Accessible to the general reader as well as to the scholar, this volume will be welcomed by students of American social history, religion, and American studies, as well as by travelers and those who find religious architecture fascinating."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10497419.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description ""Houses of God is a fascinating look at how Americans shape their places of worship into multifaceted reflections of their culture, beliefs, and times. Peter Williams divides the nation into seven distinctive regions - New England, the Mid-Atlantic states, the South, the Old Northwest, the Great Plains and Mountains, the Spanish Borderlands, and the Pacific Rim - and traces the historical development of and geographic influences on religious building in each." "Beautifully illustrated with over 100 photographs - some by extremely well known photographers such as Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange - this handsome book is the first to provide a broad survey of American religious architecture. It is a deeply interdisciplinary study in which Williams examines the influences of immigration and internal population movements; landscape and stylistic changes in architecture; and "secular," liturgical, and theological influences." "Accessible to the general reader as well as to the scholar, this volume will be welcomed by students of American social history, religion, and American studies, as well as by travelers and those who find religious architecture fascinating."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- New England -- The Mid-Atlantic states -- The South -- The old northwest -- The great plains and the mountains -- The Spanish borderlands -- The Pacific rim -- Conclusion -- Photographic credits -- Index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 321 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Houses of God.".
- catalog identifier "0252019067 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Houses of God.".
- catalog isPartOf "Public expressions of religion in America".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog relation "Houses of God.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "726/.5/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Church architecture United States.".
- catalog subject "Liturgy and architecture United States.".
- catalog subject "Mosques United States.".
- catalog subject "NA5205 .W55 1997".
- catalog subject "Synagogue architecture United States.".
- catalog subject "Temples United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- New England -- The Mid-Atlantic states -- The South -- The old northwest -- The great plains and the mountains -- The Spanish borderlands -- The Pacific rim -- Conclusion -- Photographic credits -- Index.".
- catalog title "Houses of God : region, religion, and architecture in the United States / Peter W. Williams.".
- catalog type "text".