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Theology in Stone
Church Architecture from
Byzantium to Berkeley
richard kieckhefer
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2004
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kieckhefer, Richard.
Theology in stone : Church architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley /
Richard Kieckhefer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-515466-5
1. Church architecture. 2. Liturgy and architecture. I. Title.
NA4800 .K53 2003
—dc21 2002153721
Rev.
987654321
Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
To the memory of my mother
Virginia Kelley Kieckhefer
(1917–2002)
Preface
Church architecture is a contentious field of inquiry. Polemics, dog-
matism, and caricature abound. It would be unrealistic to think any
book could resolve the controversies, but a fresh look at the most
basic questions about churches, their meanings and their uses, may
prove useful to all sides. The incentive to write this book was mixed:
it grew out of historical interest, but also out of an urge to see more
clearly what churches have meant and what they can mean -
munities that build and use them. It might seem that the first four
chapters deal with theological questions, while the extended case
studies that follow shift the