Searching for Sacred Space

by Manes, Stephen Ander

• ISBN13: 9780898693713
• ISBN10: 0898693713
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Church Pub Inc

Summary

Every Sunday we walk through those (probably red) doors and enter a sacred space. It is familiar . . . maybe comforting . . . maybe not . . . maybe downright uncomfortable and unwelcoming. In twelve thoughtful and provocative essays, the writers ask important questions about the relationship between sacred spaces and the worship that takes place in them: -How do our buildings convey a vision of God's kingdom on earth? -How are our places of worship reflecting our beliefs? -In what visible, tangible forms are we proclaiming a faith in the living God? -How are our church buildings helping this church bring the Gospel into a new century?

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	ix
John Ander Runkle
A Call for Bold Leadership in New Church Building Design	1	(10)
W. Brown Morton III
It's Not About Us	11	(8)
J. Derek Harbin
Can We Talk about a Theology of Sacred Space?	19	(18)
Susan J. White
Monuments, Myths and Mission: Are These Ruins Inhabited?	37	(18)
David Stancliffe
Highly Effective Episcopal Architecture: Integrating Architecture and Worship to Reflect a Church's Identity	55	(18)
Brantley W. Gasaway
Anglican Church Plans: A Brief History	73	(14)
David H. Smart
A House for the Church That Sings	87	(20)
Carol Doran
On Round Liturgical Spaces: Not Quite a Circular Argument	107	(22)
William Seth Adams
Sacred Political Space: An Anglican Ethos	129	(14)
Michael Battle
House of Justice	143	(6)
David Philippart
Rending the Temple Veil: Holy Space in Holy Community	149	(34)
Donald Schell
The Making of a Cathedral	183	(24)
Richard Giles
Appendix: Resource Bibliography	207	(7)
Contributors	214