Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Gothic Arches, Latin CrossesISBN13:9780807856895ISBN10:0807856894Author:Smith, Ryan K. (Author)Description:Crosses, Candles, Choir Vestments, Sanctuary Flowers, And Stained Glass Are Common Church Features Found In Nearly All Mainline Denominations Of American Christianity Today Most Protestant Churchgoers Would Be Surprised To Learn, However, That At One Time These Elements Were Viewed With Suspicion As Foreign Implements Associated Strictly With The Roman Catholic Church Blending History With The Study Of Material Culture, Ryan K Smith Sheds Light On The Ironic Convergence Of Anti-Catholicism And The Gothic Revival Movement In Nineteenth-Century America Smith Finds The Source For Both Movements In The Sudden Rise Of Roman Catholicism After 1820, When It Began To Grow From A Tiny Minority Into The Country's Largest Single Religious Body Its Growth Triggered A Corresponding Rise In Anti-Catholic Activities, As Activists Representing Every Major Protestant Denomination Attacked Popery Through The Pulpit, The Press, And Politics At The Same Time, Catholic Worship Increasingly Attracted Young, Genteel Observers Around The Country Its Art And Its Tangible Access To The Sacred Meshed Well With The Era's Romanticism And Market-Based Materialism Smith Argues That These Tensions Led Protestant Churches To Break With Tradition And Adopt Recognizably Latin Art He Shows How Architectural And Artistic Features Became Tools Through Which Protestants Adapted To America's New Commercialization While Simultaneously Defusing The Potent Catholic Threat The Results Presented A Colorful New Religious Landscape, But They Also Illustrated The Durability Of Traditional Religious Boundaries Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:University of North Carolina PressPublication Date:2006-05-01Weight:0.64 lbsDimensions:0.57'' H x 8.5'' L x 6.46'' WNumber of Pages:224Language:English
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Book Title: Gothic Arches, Latin Crosses : Anti-Catholicism and American Church Designs in the Nineteenth Century
Item Length: 8.5in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.5in
Author: Ryan K. Smith
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Features: New Edition
Topic: Christianity / History, Christian Church / History, Discrimination & Race Relations, United States / 19th Century, Buildings / Religious, History / Medieval
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication Year: 2006
Genre: Architecture, Religion, History, Social Science
Item Weight: 10 oz
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
