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The suburban church : modernism and community in postwar America

After World War II, America's religious denominations spent billions on church architecture as they spread into the suburbs. In this richly illustrated history of midcentury modern churches in the Midwest, Gretchen Buggeln shows how architects and suburban congregations joined forces to work ou...

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VerfasserIn: Buggeln, Gretchen Townsend (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Online-Ressource Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , 2016-2015
Schriftenreihe:Architecture, landscape, and American culture series
Online Zugang:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/upso-ebooks-art/dx.doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816694952.001.0001
Verantwortlich:Gretchen Buggeln
E-Book-Pakete:Oxford University Press : Minnesota Scholarship Online / Architecture
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Zusammenfassung:After World War II, America's religious denominations spent billions on church architecture as they spread into the suburbs. In this richly illustrated history of midcentury modern churches in the Midwest, Gretchen Buggeln shows how architects and suburban congregations joined forces to work out a vision of how modernist churches might help reinvigorate Protestant worship and community.
Beschreibung:Previously issued in print: 2015.. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
ISBN:9781452953557