Historic Places of Worship - Stories of 51 Extraordinary American Religious Sites Since 1300

Informationen zum Autor Paul D. Buchanan is a social worker, a counselor, an historian, and a freelance writer. He has contributed to a weekly local history column for the The Daily Journal in San Mateo, California. Klappentext In St. Augustine, Florida, stands the replicated Mission Nombre de Dios, with a 208-foot stainless steel cross marking the site of the first known Catholic mass celebrated in Florida in 1620. In Montgomery, Alabama, the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church is known to many as the birthplace of the civil rights movement. Newport, Rhode Island's Touro Synagogue, dedicated in 1763, urged new leaders Washington and Jefferson to form a government "which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance." From the Anasazi kivas of Colorado built in the 1300s to the Peace Chapel constructed in 1970 on the Canadian border, this work examines the roots of 51 sites throughout the United States. Each entry provides background on the place of worship and its founders along with its location and religious affiliation. Sites include those devoted to Indian or Native American, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, Baha'i, and other beliefs. Zusammenfassung From the pre-Columbian Anasazi kivas of Colorado built in the 1300s to the Peace Chapel constructed in 1970 on the Canadian border! this examines the roots of 51 historic sites throughout the US. Each entry provides detailed background material on the place of worship and those who established it! along with its location and religious affiliation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Introduction      The Anasazi Kivas FOUR CORNERS, SOUTHWEST      Pu'uhonua o Ho -naunau HAWAII      Mission Nombre de Dios FLORIDA      Center Church (Hartford Meeting House) CONNECTICUT      Paha Sapa SOUTH DAKOTA      Holy Trinity ("Old Swedes Church") DELAWARE      St. Anne's Shrine VERMONT      Tumacacori Mission and Tubac Presidio ARIZONA      Friends' Great Meeting House RHODE ISLAND      First Meeting House RHODE ISLAND      Mission San Antonio de Valero (The Alamo) TEXAS      Christ Church (The Old North Church) MASSACHUSETTS      St. Louis Cathedral LOUISIANA      First Parish Church MAINE      St. John's Church VIRGINIA      Prince William's Parish Church and Sheldon Church SOUTH CAROLINA       Touro Synagogue RHODE ISLAND      Niskayuna NEW YORK      Cane Ridge Meeting House KENTUCKY      Mother Bethel Church PENNSYLVANIA      Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad CALIFORNIA      Mother Seton House MARYLAND      Society of Christian Unitarians PENNSYLVANIA      Harmonie Village INDIANA      St. John's at Lafayette Square ("Church of the Presidents") DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA      El Santuario de Chimayo NEW MEXICO      St. Michael's Cathedral ALASKA      Dwight Mission ARKANSAS      Oakland Chapel MISSISSIPPI      Kirtland Temple OHIO      Whitman Mission WASHINGTON      The Great Stone Church of Kawaiahao HAWAII      Wesleyan Chapel NEW YORK      Joss House Temple CALIFORNIA      Old Mission of the Sacred Heart IDAHO      Mission St. Ignatius MONTANA      Wabaunsee First Church of Christ ("Beecher Bible and Rifle Church") KANSAS      St. Mary's in the Mountains NEVADA      Bradford Congregational Church ("The Little BrownChurch in the Vale") IOWA      St. Mark's Church WYOMING      St. Philomena's Church HAWAII      Zion Church NEBRASKA      St. Fidelis Church KANSAS      Andrews Church (The International Mother's Day Shrine) WEST VIRGINIA      Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church KANSAS      Dexter Avenue Church ALABAMA      Bukkyo Seinen Kai CALIFORNIA      Temple of Islam, MICHIGAN      Baha'i House of Worship ILLINOIS      Annunciation Church WISCONSIN      Chapel of Peace, International Peace Garden NORTH DAKOTA-MANITOBA      Index      ...

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• Autoren: Paul D. Buchanan
• Verlag: McFarland
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.11.2012
• EAN: 9780786473786
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-7378-6
• Seiten: 240
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Altertum