An Architecture of Immanence: Architecture for Worship and Ministry Today
In this book Mark Torgerson shows how modern architecture has heavily influenced the construction of new sacred spaces, producing a new way of building that emphasizes God's coming near to us.

Torgerson begins by discussing God's transcendence and immanence and showing how church architecture has traditionally interpreted these key concepts. He then traces the theological roots of immanence's priority from liberal theology and liturgical innovation to modern architecture. Next, Torgerson illustrates this new architecture of immanence through particular practitioners, focusing especially on the work of theologically savvy architect Edward Anders Sövik. Finally, he addresses the future of church architecture as congregations are buffeted by the twin forces of liturgical change and postmodernism.

An Architecture of Immanence will interest architects, liturgists, and all Christians who seek to read the sacred spaces of the recent past.
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An Architecture of Immanence: Architecture for Worship and Ministry Today
In this book Mark Torgerson shows how modern architecture has heavily influenced the construction of new sacred spaces, producing a new way of building that emphasizes God's coming near to us.

Torgerson begins by discussing God's transcendence and immanence and showing how church architecture has traditionally interpreted these key concepts. He then traces the theological roots of immanence's priority from liberal theology and liturgical innovation to modern architecture. Next, Torgerson illustrates this new architecture of immanence through particular practitioners, focusing especially on the work of theologically savvy architect Edward Anders Sövik. Finally, he addresses the future of church architecture as congregations are buffeted by the twin forces of liturgical change and postmodernism.

An Architecture of Immanence will interest architects, liturgists, and all Christians who seek to read the sacred spaces of the recent past.
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An Architecture of Immanence: Architecture for Worship and Ministry Today

An Architecture of Immanence: Architecture for Worship and Ministry Today

by Mark A. Torgerson
An Architecture of Immanence: Architecture for Worship and Ministry Today

An Architecture of Immanence: Architecture for Worship and Ministry Today

by Mark A. Torgerson

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Overview

In this book Mark Torgerson shows how modern architecture has heavily influenced the construction of new sacred spaces, producing a new way of building that emphasizes God's coming near to us.

Torgerson begins by discussing God's transcendence and immanence and showing how church architecture has traditionally interpreted these key concepts. He then traces the theological roots of immanence's priority from liberal theology and liturgical innovation to modern architecture. Next, Torgerson illustrates this new architecture of immanence through particular practitioners, focusing especially on the work of theologically savvy architect Edward Anders Sövik. Finally, he addresses the future of church architecture as congregations are buffeted by the twin forces of liturgical change and postmodernism.

An Architecture of Immanence will interest architects, liturgists, and all Christians who seek to read the sacred spaces of the recent past.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780802832092
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date: 01/22/2007
Series: The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies (CICW)
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 327
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

Mark A. Torgerson is associate professor of worship arts atJudson College, Elgin, Illinois. An ordained minister inthe Evangelical Covenant Church, he has a lifelong interestin the concept of sacred space.

Table of Contents


Preface     ix
Worship Spaces: Influenced by God's Nature and Scriptural models     1
God in the Ordinary: Nourishing a Context for Immanence     11
Twentieth-Century Worship Renewal: The Elevation of God's People     25
Modern Impulses in Church Architecture: Faith Engaging Culture     43
The Fruits of Worship Renewal: Emphasizing an Architecture of Immanence     69
An Architecture of Immanence: Early Examples in Europe     97
An Architecture of Immanence: Selected Examples in America     117
An Illustration: The Thought and Work of Edward Anders Sovik     147
Where Are We Now? Discernment and Lessons Learned     181
Where Can We Go? Directions for the Future     207
Appendix     229
Glossary     267
Bibliography     273
Index     309
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