Spiritus loci: a theological method for contemporary church architecture
Body Scan? Architecture and Phenomenology -- Space. Saturated Atmosphere -- Light. Expressed World -- Spiritus Loci as Expansion for the Body: Space and Light -- 4 Kerygmatic Space: Word and Image: Entering a Church -- Entering the Mystery -- Interpreting Symbols that Mediate Meaning -- Word. Cathed...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2015]
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in Religion and the Arts 1877-3192
Volume 9 Studies in Religion and the Arts Volume 9 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Church Architecture B Symbolism in architecture B Electronic books B RELIGION ; Christianity ; General |
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| Summary: | Body Scan? Architecture and Phenomenology -- Space. Saturated Atmosphere -- Light. Expressed World -- Spiritus Loci as Expansion for the Body: Space and Light -- 4 Kerygmatic Space: Word and Image: Entering a Church -- Entering the Mystery -- Interpreting Symbols that Mediate Meaning -- Word. Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland (2008) -- Image. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles (2002) -- Da Vinci Code? Architecture and Hermeneutics -- Word. Symbolic Play -- Image. Sacred Emptiness -- Spiritus Loci as Expression for the Mind: Word and Image -- 5 Eucharistic Space: Dance and Garden: Appropriating a Church -- Appropriating the Mystery -- Celebrating Mysteries that Embody Hope -- Dance. St Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church -- Garden. Church of St François de Molitor, Paris (2005) -- Versus Orientem? Architecture and Eschatology -- Dance. Body-Building -- Garden. Oriented Communion -- Spiritus Loci as Expectation for the Community: Dance and Garden -- The Place of the Spirit -- Afterword -- Theses -- Glossary -- Index of Church Buildings: (1915-2015) -- Illustrious Precursors (1895-1995) -- Chapels (1995-2015) -- Cathedrals and Vast Pilgrimage Places (1995-2015) -- Monastic Churches (1995-2015) -- Parish Churches (1995-2015) -- Roman Catholic -- Protestant -- Episcopalian -- Ecumenical -- A Practical Guide to Twenty Contemporary Churches -- Selected Bibliography -- Person Index -- Building Index -- Subject Index. In Spiritus Loci Bert Daelemans, architect and theologian, provides a threefold method for the theological assessment of church architecture, based on contemporary case studies (1995-2015) Spiritus Loci: A Theological Method for Contemporary Church Architecture -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- The Spirit of the Place -- Limits that Create Space -- Theology ... or Architecture? -- Mystagogic Space -- Part 1: Foundations -- 1 Theotopy: Architecture and Theology -- What? Limits that Create Space -- Biblical Foundations. Tent, Temple, Ecclesia -- Patristic Foundations. Mystagogic space -- Ignatian Foundations. Compositio loci -- Why? The Intertwining of Theology and Architecture -- Spatial Turn. A Theology of Prepositions and Conjunctions -- Theological Turn. Possibility of a Theology of Architecture -- Aesthetic Turn. Architecture and Theological Aesthetics -- How? The Itinerary in Deum from Place To Spirit -- In Search of Lost Space. A Space Odyssey -- In Search of A Method. Synaesthetic, Kerygmatic, Eucharistic -- In Search Of Classics. Chapels -- 2 Fifty Shades Of Gray: Status Quaestionis -- 20th-Century Domus Ecclesiae: Architecture of Immanence -- Naked before God -- Christian Genius Loci -- Non-Church -- Case Studies: Three Precursors of the Fifties -- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Architecture of Transcendence -- Good: To Look Like a Church -- Bad: No Place for God -- Ugly as Sin -- Case Study: The Jubilee Church, Rome (2003) -- 21st-Century Templum Spiritus: Immanent Transcendence -- Sacramental Enchantment -- Kinetic Dynamism -- Constructing the Ineffable -- Case Studies: Three Precursors of the Eighties -- What is Needed Today: Mystagogic Space -- Part 2: Mystagogic Space -- 3 Synaesthetic Space: Space and Light: Approaching a Church -- Approaching the Mystery -- Perceiving Limits that Create Space -- Space. Chapel of Reconciliation, Berlin (2000) -- Light. Chapel of St Ignatius, Seattle (1997). |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004285369 |