No Place for God, The Denial of the Transcendent in Modern Church ArchitectureAuthor: by Moyra Doorly
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Date Published: March 2007
ISBN: 1586171534
Length: 160 pages
Price: $14.95 Paperback
From the publisher's website, http://www.ignatius.com/index.aspx:
In their quest to adapt to and speak to the present age, Catholics over the last forty years have unquestioningly allowed the trends in modern architecture to fashion their churches, and the outcome has been the construction of the ugliest and emptiest churches in history, according to author Moyra Doorly, an architect from England.
Doorly traces the principles of modern architecture to the ideas of space that spread rapidly during the 20th century. She sees a parallel between the desacralization of the heavens, and consequently of our churches, and the inward search for a god of one's own. This double movement away from the transcendent God, who reveals himself to man through Scripture and tradition, and toward an inner truth relevant only to oneself has emptied our churches of the majesty and beauty that once inspired reverence in both believers and unbelievers alike. Illustrated with many photographs.
1 comment:
I'm visiting now your marvelous blog, [Number Six] is always a "colírio" for my eyes, how can she be so nice?? I also (..)read about the "No place for God" [book], wow, great book! Here in Brasil we have the same problem everywhere! Sometimes we have a new church side by side the old one, witch commonly is switched to a mere "casa paroquial" or even a ball room, while the new church [doesn't] even have a place for put the knees down (ajoelhar)!!!
Love u all !!
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