Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- 11 Liturgical Music and Singing
- 12 Liturgy and Architecture
- 13 Liturgy, Icons, and Images
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
12 - Liturgy and Architecture
from Part III - Liturgy and the Arts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2025
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- 11 Liturgical Music and Singing
- 12 Liturgy and Architecture
- 13 Liturgy, Icons, and Images
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
Summary
Gilles Drouin goes through the history of church architecture and identifies some profound shifts with far-reaching liturgical, theological, and pastoral implications. He concludes that churches today need above all to be hospitable places that further the always renewing encounter between God and humankind.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy , pp. 214 - 231Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
References
For Further Reading
Daelemans, Bert, Spiritus Loci: A Theological Method for Contemporary Church Architecture (Leiden: Brill, 2015).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Drouin, Gilles (ed.), L’espace liturgique, un espace d’initiation (Paris: Cerf, 2019).Google Scholar
Iogna-Prat, Dominique, Cité de Dieu, cité des hommes: L’Eglise, l’architecture et la société (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2016).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kieckhefer, Richard, Theology in Stone: Church Architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Seasoltz, R. Kevin, A Sense of the Sacred: Theological Foundations of Christian Architecture and Art (New York: Continuum, 2007).Google Scholar
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