1st Edition
Sacred Modernity Anglican Church Architecture in Mid-Twentieth Century Britain
List of figures
Gratitude and acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introduction
2. ‘We build the meaning’: Liturgical Advancement in the Church of England
3. ‘There spring the perfect order of speech’: Reordering Church Spaces
4. ‘Much to cast down, much to build, much to restore’: Post-war Reconstructions
5. ‘New life, new form, new colour’: The Languages of Anglican Modernity
6. ‘Let them waken the suburbs’: Churches as Urban Catalysts
7. ‘A Church for all’: Interconfessional and Ecumenical Experiments
8. ‘We have too many churches’: Redundancy and Conversion
9. Conclusion
10. Final note
Index
Biography
Lorenzo Grieco holds a PhD in Civil Engineering: Architecture and Construction from the University of Rome Tor Vergata and in Architecture from the University of Kent, Canterbury. His research focuses on modern and contemporary architecture, with particular attention to construction aspects. His main research interests include post-war religious and industrial architecture, Renaissance wooden ceilings, architectural photography, and the relationship between architecture and propaganda in the interwar period.
