Description
Architecture has long been understood as a cultural discipline able to articulate the human condition and lift the human spirit, yet the spirituality of architecture is rarely directly addressed in academic scholarship. The seventeen chapters provide a diverse range of perspectives, grouped according to topical themes: Being in the World; Sacred, Secular, and the Contemporary Condition; Symbolic Engagements; Sacred Landscapes; and Spirituality and the Designed Environment. Even though the authors’ approach the subject from a range of disciplines and theoretical positions, all share interests in the need to rediscover, redefine, or reclaim the sacred in everyday experience, scholarly analysis, and design.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction, ThomasBarrie, JulioBermudez, Phillip JamesTabb; Part I Being in the World; Chapter 2 On Architecture, Divinity, and the Interhuman, MichaelBenedikt; Chapter 3 Encountering Significance, RandallTeal; Chapter 4 Phenomenology of the Architectural Extraordinary and Merleau-Ponty’s Philosophy, JulioBermudez; Part II Sacred, Secular, and the Contemporary Condition; Chapter 5 The Sacred becomes Profane, Michael J.Crosbie; Chapter 6 An Aesthetic and Ethical Account of Genius Loci, HyejungChang; Chapter 7 Neophilia, Spirituality, and Architecture, PaulTesar; Part III Symbolic Engagements; Chapter 8 A Home in the World, ThomasBarrie; Chapter 9 Symbolism and Myth of Mountains, Stone, and Light as Expressed in Sacred Architecture, AnatGeva; Chapter 10 Narrating Chichén Itzá, LindsayJones; Part IV Sacred Landscapes; Chapter 11 Space, Object, and Encounter, RebeccaKrinke; Chapter 12 Regarding Sacred Landscapes and the Everyday Corollary, Dennis AlanWinters; Chapter 13 Sacred Landscapes, A.T.Mann; partV Spirituality and the Designed Environment; Chapter 14 Secular Sacredness in Place Creation, Phillip JamesTabb; Chapter 15, RumikoHanda; Chapter 16 Wonder, Wisdom, and Mastery in Architecture, PremChandavarkar; Chapter 17 From Within, NaderArdalan;
