Architecture in Communion: Implementing the Second Vatican Council Through Liturgy and Architecture Church History

Architecture in Communion: Implementing the Second Vatican Council Through Liturgy and Architecture Church HistoryAmid the growing dissatisfaction with Catholic church architecture since the Second Vatican Council, and the general lack of clear and vibrant direction in liturgy, Architecture in Communion responds to the timely question of "How ought we build our churches?" Drawing upon the primary texts of the Second Vatican Council, recent papal encyclicals, curial documents, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Steven Schloeder examines this question in

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