Main entry:

Robles, Erica Reyna.

Title & Author:

Mediating eternity : the Crystal Cathedral and God's place in a network world / Erica Reyna Robles.

Publication:

2009.

Description:

x, 237 leaves ; 28 cm.

Notes:
Architect of the Crystal Cathedral: Philip Johnson.
Includes quotations from Philip Johnson and Robert H. Schuller, as well as a section on the former church sanctuary designed by Richard Neutra.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 218-237).
Photocopy. Ann Arbor, MI : UMI Dissertation Services, c2009. x, 237 p. ; 22 cm. UMI number: 3364448.

Summary:

"This dissertation provides an empirical account of the connection between megachurch aesthetics and the broader cultural movement towards mediated social life. It takes as its object a pioneering and influential megachurch and media ministry, the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California (1955-present). By tracing the ministry's formation through three distinct iterations--drive-in church (1955-1961), walk-in/drive-in/television church (1962-1980), and monumental media-space (1980-present)--I will show how the production of the megachurch helped legitimate the conditions of increasingly networked social life by structuring experience from a sacred point of view"--Leaf 3.

Subject:

Schuller, Robert Harold.
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005.
Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970.
Schuller, Robert H. (Robert Harold), 1926-2015.
Crystal Cathedral (Garden Grove, Calif.) History.
Garden Grove Community Church (Garden Grove, Calif.) History.
Crystal Cathedral (Garden Grove, Calif.)
Garden Grove Community Church (Garden Grove, Calif.)
Religious architecture California Garden Grove.
Big churches California Garden Grove.
Mass media Religious aspects.
Mass media and architecture.
Architecture and religion.
Architecture religieuse Californie Garden Grove.
Grandes églises (Communautés) Californie Garden Grove.
Médias Aspect religieux.
Médias et architecture.
Architecture et religion.
Big churches.
Religious architecture.
Garden Grove (Calif.) Church history.
California Garden Grove.
Churches (buildings) United States California Garden Grove.

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)
Theses.
Church history.
History.

Added entries:

Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005.
Schuller, Robert Harold.

Crystal Cathedral and God's place in a network world

Holdings:

Location: Library main 268242
Call No.: BIB 200097
Status: Available