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Churchscape
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Author : Susan Bratton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Churchscape written by Susan Bratton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Architecture categories.
Buildings and landscapes are as much a part of the Christian church as its creeds--reflecting the faith and proclaiming God. The architecture of the church's structures and the curating of its grounds are unique windows into the church's history and the shape of its theological commitments. Birthed in the iconoclastic spirit of the Reformation, the scapes of Protestant churches have experienced massive shifts in design and scope. From humble beginnings--small buildings and cemeteries--churches today can occupy thousands of square feet across hundreds of acres. The modern megachurch, with its extensive campuses, parking lots, and sprawling lawns, has changed how we think about the church and its spaces. Form follows function, and theology is in both. The shifts in scale, style, and symbol within the church's common spaces reflect changes in ecclesial priorities, even as they form the theological imagination in new ways. In ChurchScape, Susan Bratton chronicles the story of the Protestant church's transformation of landscape and building. Citing the influence of college campuses on megachurch architecture, Bratton examines the features that are a part of many megachurch complexes, including waterscapes, iconography, and outdoor art. Taking readers on a cross-country journey to over two hundred churches, Bratton traces the movement from the small parish building of the nineteenth century to the extensive complexes that form today's churchscapes. As she moves from church to church, Bratton describes how all the church's spaces--buildings, greens, gardens, and gateways--together shape its practices, name its beliefs, and form its life together. Bratton's work offers the first historical and theological analysis for the megachurch and its physical planners and planters. She demands that all of us look with new eyes at the ways the church may be an innovator without being disruptive, a place of community without becoming exclusive, and a site of abundance without decadence. The church-in-place must consider how its scapes and spaces reflect its sacred life.
The New Jersey Churchscape
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Author : Frank L. Greenagel
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2001
The New Jersey Churchscape written by Frank L. Greenagel and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Architecture categories.
Although best known as the Garden State, New Jersey could also be called the Church State. The state boasts thousands of houses of worship, with more than one thousand still standing that were built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Frank L. Greenagel has photographed more than six hundred. He has selected two hundred of these historic landmarks for an examination of why they are sited where they are and why they look the way they do. Greenagel has sought out and included images of not only mainstream Christian churches, but also Jewish synagogues as well as the places of worship of religious groups such as the Moravians, the Church of the Brethren, and the Seventh Day Baptists. The photographs are arranged chronologically within sections on three major early settlement regions of the state ¾ the Hudson River, the Delaware River, and the Raritan Valley. For each building, Greenagel details the date of construction, the cultural, historic, and religious influences that shaped it, the architectural details that distinguish it, and what purpose it currently serves.
Overviews From The New Jersey Churchscape
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Author : Frank Greenagel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-12-05
Overviews From The New Jersey Churchscape written by Frank Greenagel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-05 with categories.
The six chapters of this brief work are slightly-edited reprints of the Overview chapters from my books on the religious architecture of the state. Only a few readers will see more than one of those books (now 13 in all) yet there is good stuff in them and I am loath to see all of it disappear without a trace. Moreover, the overviews offer a quick means of getting a sense of the churchscape of a county-how many of the old buildings survive, the distribution among denominations, a sense of the major social and cultural factors (immigration, urbanization, wealth accumulation) that shaped the plan, location and style of the buildings. Although I have been working at this project for about 15 years, all of these chapters are from recently published works and represent my current thinking. The counties included (Burlington, Cumberland, Essex, Hudson, Morris and Warren) represent 565 of the estimated 1,500 remaining churches, meetinghouses and synagogues in the state. Five of the chapters are taken from books in print; I have not completed the Hudson work so that section may seem a bit disjointed; I have included it because Hudson represents a distinctive development that is not repeated elsewhere. The Overview is the last part of each book completed, excepting only the Index, and to some extent represents a summation of the most salient aspects of the county's ecclesiastical architecture.
The Warren Churchscape
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Author : Frank L. Greenagel
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2013
The Warren Churchscape written by Frank L. Greenagel and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Church architecture categories.
The Warren Churchscape (in a new revised edition) is a richly illustrated guide to all seventy of the 18th and 19th century churches and meetinghouses still standing in Warren County. Frank Greenagel, author of The New Jersey Churchscape and 12 other volumes on the old churches of New Jersey, and developer of the widely popular website, www.njchurchscape.com, explores and explains the history of Warren's religious buildings, from the earliest religious structure-a beautifully-restored stone Quaker meetinghouse on Scott's Mountain erected in 1753, to the stylish Episcopal church-St. Mary's-on the green in Belvidere. The subtitle of the book, Religious Architecture in 18th & 19th Century, suggests that the book goes well beyond an inventory of the old churches of the county; in fact, it might serve well as a basic reference on architectural styles and construction traditions during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In order to preserve the unique story of the structures, some in danger of being lost to history, Greenagel spent more than eight years in fieldwork and research, logging countless hours on the road, in the library and in the darkroom. This definitive volume will allow readers to look anew at the religious buildings of Warren, providing information for curious congregation members and historians alike. The book includes an outline of architectural styles, a brief account of the religious denominations operating in the state during the early centuries, a glossary of architectural terms, an extensive bibliography, and index. A separate section on 13 of the old churches of Easton and Riegelsville that served early Warren residents is appended, along with a fascinating account of the early 19th century Thatcher church which lies in ruins near Broadway.
Ruptured Landscapes
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Author : Helen Sooväli-Sepping
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-06-15
Ruptured Landscapes written by Helen Sooväli-Sepping and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-15 with Political Science categories.
This volume breaks new ground in the study of landscapes, both rural and urban. The innovative notion of this landscape collection is rupture. The book explores the ways in which societal, economic and cultural changes are transforming the meanings and understandings of landscapes. The text explores both how landscapes are contesting changes in society and changing society. The volume combines empirically fine-grained accounts of landscape rupture, from different parts of the world, with a sustained effort to explore, rethink and analytically extend the concept of rupture itself. The book therefore combines fresh empirical data with innovative theoretical approaches to open understanding of landscape as a dynamic, living entity subject to abrupt change and unpredictable disruptions. Through this dual reflection the volume is able to provide a powerful demonstration of the possibilities that are available for human action, social change and material landscape to combine.
The Cumberland Churchscape
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Author : Frank Greenagel
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2013-08
The Cumberland Churchscape written by Frank Greenagel and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08 with categories.
Construction of a church in the rural areas of the county was driven largely by the activity of the circuit-riding Methodist preachers. By the 1850s other forces were afoot-a rising affluence, a merchant class in the large towns, and in general a popular culture that expressed itself as refinement. By that time, Methodists were the largest denomination in the state, and their buildings in the cities reflect that altered situation. In the small black and the miniscule Jewish communities, financial resources severely constrained the architectural expression of their piety. In mainstream Protestant congregations there were liturgical changes, too, as well as new manufacturing and construction methods which helped to shape the churchscape. Those factors will explain much of the distinctive characteristics of the county's antebellum churchscape. There are 80 surviving churches, meetinghouses and synagogues in Cumberland County that were erected before 1900, a third of which were erected by Methodists. Two are Quaker, five African Methodist, 12 Presbyterian, 14 Baptist and 32 Methodist (including four Methodist Protestant congregations). About 60 percent were erected in the decades following the Civil War. With a bit of imagination, one may find modest examples of the main currents in American architecture in the county, but few that merit more than a footnote in any textbook on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century religious architecture. This is in contrast to the several excellent brick residences in the county whose initials, dates and patterns in glazed brick are remarked on as a distinctively American regional style. Although the nineteenth century in general was a period of great social and political upheaval elsewhere in the state, it appears that Cumberland, like much of south Jersey, was relatively less affected by the massive immigration, industrialization and urbanization experienced in north Jersey. We should expect to see more continuity in the area's architectural styles, albeit with a modest degree of change in the architectural details, until the post-Civil War period, when new affluence and a shift in attitude in favor of more comfortable and stylish churches is to be seen.
The Salem Churchscape
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Author : Frank L. Greenagel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-12-01
The Salem Churchscape written by Frank L. Greenagel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-01 with categories.
Less than half the buildings erected as places of worship in Salem County in the three centuries following initial settlement have survived. Many were razed when the congregation flourished and a larger building was required. A few burned down, and some were sold off and dismantled, carted away to be used in a barn or residence elsewhere. More than a few were simply abandoned and allowed to fall to pieces. This is an examination of what remains. It is an attempt to record and to interpret why the meetinghouses, churches and synagogues look the way they do. It has a lot to do with architecture and construction, but very little about religious beliefs; the social, economic and liturgical milieu of Salem County and their effect on architecture and construction are the real subjects of this book. All 50 of the survivors, including several that have been hauled away to other counties or adapted for other purposes are included here.
Churchscapes Of The Jersey Shore
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Author : Frank L. Greenagel
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2011-05-23
Churchscapes Of The Jersey Shore written by Frank L. Greenagel and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-23 with Architecture categories.
"Place held sacred by a community, particularly ones with a rich architectural context, offer a fascinating subject for an artist. But there are temptations that ought to be resisted in a scholarly work, and so I have avoided an impulse to produce a "Great Churches of the Jersey Shore" kin of book. I have tried to look on all through the impartial lens of an Atget or Walk Evans or George Tice. The real subject of this inventory is not so much the architecture of the Jersey Shore and Pine Barrens communities, but the traditions and changes in function, scale, style, construction, and prominence of the churches, meetinghouses, and synagogues, and the cultural, social, economic and liturgical forces that shaped them. - from the Preface. The work includes all the surviving houses of worship in Ocean, Atlantic, Cape May, and the shore regions of Monmouth County, plus much of the Pine Barrens. Frank Greenagel's seminal work on the old churches and meetinghouses of New Jersey, titled 'The New Jersey Churchscape' was published by Rutgers University Press in 2001. His most recent book entitled 'An Architectural Stew' on the religious architecture of Middlesex County. 'Steeple Envy' is the title of his examination of the churches of Morris County, 'A Mighty Architectural Stout' is his work on the Essex County churchscape, and 'A Plausible Expression of Piety' details his work on the religious architecture of Hudson County. Greenagel is the author the article on religious architecture of the Encyclopedia of New Jersey, and of an essay on Methodist church architecture for 'New Jersey History,' the oldest scholarly journal published in America. His website dedicated to the old churches, meetinghouses and synagogues of the state, is www.njchurchscape.com. He is presently leading an effort to restore a late eighteenth-century Georgian manor in Phillipsburg." -Back cover.
Critical Inquiries In The Sociolinguistics Of Globalization
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Author : Tyler Andrew Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2019-02-26
Critical Inquiries In The Sociolinguistics Of Globalization written by Tyler Andrew Barrett and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-26 with Political Science categories.
The studies in this collection seek to examine the notions of ‘linguistic diversity’ and ‘hybridity’ through the lenses of new critical theories and theoretical frameworks embedded within the broader discussion of the sociolinguistics of globalization. The chapters include critical inquiries into online/offline languages in society, language users, language learners and language teachers who may operate ‘between’ languages and are faced with decisions to navigate, negotiate and invent or re-invent languages, local and global and virtual spaces. The research took place in contexts that include linguistic landscapes, schools, classrooms, neighborhoods and virtual spaces of Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, South Korea and the USA.
Design And The Vernacular
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Author : Paul Memmott
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-11-16
Design And The Vernacular written by Paul Memmott and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-16 with Architecture categories.
Design and the Vernacular explores the intersection between vernacular architecture, local cultures, and modernity and globalization, focussing on the vast and diverse global region of Australasia and Oceania. The relevance and role of vernacular architecture in contemporary urban planning and architectural design are examined in the context of rapid political, economic, technological, social and environmental changes, including globalization, exchanges of people, finance, material culture, and digital technologies. Sixteen chapters by architects designers and theorists, including Indigenous writers, explore key questions about the agency of vernacular architecture in shaping contemporary building and design practice. These questions include: How have Indigenous and First Nations building traditions shaped modern building practices? What can the study of vernacular architecture contribute to debates about sustainable development? And how has vernacular architecture been used to argue for postcolonial modernisation and nation-building and what has been the effect on heritage and conservation? Such questions provide valuable case studies and lessons for architecture in other global regions -- and challenge assumptions about vernacular architecture being anachronistic and static, instead demonstrating how it can shape contemporary architecture, nation building and cultural identities.