Buggeln, Gretchen Townsend.

Temples of grace : the material transformation of Connecticut's churches, 1790-1840 / Gretchen Townsend Buggeln.

Hanover [Conn.] : University Press of New England, ©2003.

xiv, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"Because these new churches evoked a much-beloved myth of tightly-bound communities sharing democratic values and faith in God, they have often been romanticized as emblems of a bygone era of pastoral serenity. Yet, New England of the early nineteenth century - and its religious life in particular - was anything but tranquil. Revivalism, evangelicalism, and religious pluralism meshed with social, economic, and political dislocation to create a volatile period in which Christianity's place was uncertain."--Jacket.
"Following the American Revolution, the majority of Connecticut's religious societies tore down their boxy eighteenth-century meetinghouses and replaced them with something totally different: spired churches with an elaborate entrance portico on one of the shorter facades. These new buildings signaled a change in how these Christians conceptualized worship space, and in their fundamental understanding of the relationship between the spiritual and material aspects of their lives."

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Church architecture Connecticut.
Architecture Connecticut History.
Architecture chrétienne Connecticut.
Architecture Connecticut Histoire.
Architecture.
Church architecture.
Religion.
Bouwkunst.
Kerkgebouwen.
Religieuze opvattingen.
Architecture Connecticut 19th century.
Architecture Connecticut 18th century.
Connecticut Religion 19th century.
Connecticut Religion 18th century.
Connecticut Religion 19e siècle.
Connecticut Religion 18e siècle.
Connecticut.

History.

Location: Library main 227885
Call No.: NA5230.C8 B84 2003
Status: Available