An architecture of immanence : architecture for worship and ministry today /

Torgerson, Mark Allen.

An architecture of immanence : architecture for worship and ministry today / Mark A. Torgerson. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2007. - xiii, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Calvin Institute of Christian Worship liturgical studies series . - Calvin Institute of Christian Worship liturgical studies series. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-308) and index.

Worship spaces: influenced by God's nature and scriptural models -- God in the ordinary: nourishing a context for immanence -- Twentieth-century worship renewal: the elevation of God's people -- Modern impulses in church architecture: faith engaging culture -- The fruits of worship renewal: emphasizing an architecture of immanence -- An architecture of immanence: early examples in Europe -- An architecture of immanence: selected examples in America -- An illustration: the thought and work of Edward Anders S�ovik -- Where are we now? discernment and lessons learned -- Where can we go? directions for the future.

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Church architecture.
Symbolism in architecture.
Liturgy and architecture--History--20th century.
Immanence of God.

NA 4800 / .T67 2007