Main entry:

Rose, Michael S., 1969-

Title & Author:

Ugly as sin : why they changed our churches from sacred places to meeting spaces and how we can change them back again / Michael S. Rose.

Publication:

Manchester, N.H. : Sophia Institute Press, ©2001.

Description:

viii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

A Forthright Edition

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-221).
The three natural laws of church architecture (or, the minimum you need to know to evaluate the church down the street) -- Our pilgrim goes into the house of the Lord (or, the essential elements of every proper church) -- Our pilgrim goes into the worship space of the people (or, why you find it so hard to pray in that modern church) -- Why modern architects secularized our churches (or, bad theology has done more damage than bad taste) -- How we can make our churches Catholic again (or, what the Vatican wants you to do to help restore the faith in our day).

Summary:

"The problem with new-style churches isn't just that they're ugly--they actually distort the Faith and lead Catholics away from Catholicism. So argues Michel S. Rose in these eye-opening pages, which banish forever the notion that lovers of traditional-style churches are motivated simply by taste or nostalgia. In terms that non-architects can understand (and modern architects can't dismiss!), Rose shows that far more is at stake: modern churches actually violate the three natural laws of church architecture and lead Catholics to worship, quite simply, a false god.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

1928832369 (alk. paper)
9781928832362 (alk. paper)
1933184442
9781933184449

Subject:

Catholic church buildings.
Church architecture.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Églises catholiques.
Architecture chrétienne.
Architecture 20e siècle.
churches (buildings)

Added entries:

Forthright Edition.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 228517
Call No.: NA4828 .R67 2001
Status: Available