Many Architectures for Multiple Christianities

2023/08/01 by Nikolaos Magouliotis · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Religious Tourism and Spaces

paper · doi:10.16995/ah.10773

openalex publication_date 2023/08/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15

Abstract

Richard Etlin's Cambridge Guide to the Architecture of Christianity is an extensive collection of texts covering many aspects of Christian architecture, from early Christian holy sites to modernist churches and written in a manner that is accessible to a non-specialized reader. However, the book's adherence to the geographic canon of Christianity leaves out many important histories from Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Additionally, its tendency for siloing Christianism from other religions falls short of the concurrent need for studies of transcultural encounters, syncretisms, and hybrids. This review was commissioned alongside the one authored by Maximilian Sternberg. Both reviews should be read together for a comprehensive account of this volume set. 

Discussions

• A two-part review of the Cambridge Guide to the Architecture of Christianity in _Architectural Histories_ #EAHN: 1) Nikolaos Magouliotis, "Many Architectures for Multiple Christianities" doi.org/10.1 [bsky, 5 points, 1 comments]

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