Overview

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.

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Author:   Paul D. Buchanan
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780786473786

ISBN 10:   0786473789
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   20 September 2012
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      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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unique --<i>Library Journal</i>; important...a useful resource --<i>Public Library Quarterly</i>; look[s] at 51 places of worship that have influenced society and culture far beyond their immediate location. Individual entries tell the story of each place of worship, giving its background and significance in essays of 2,000 to 4,000 words --<i>ARBA</i>; lively style of writing...extensive index.... This volume is unique for reference collections, because no other reference volume published within the past thirty years examines the buildings of America's religions. It will be important to libraries with collections of religion, architecture, history, and art --<i>Reference & User Services Quarterly</i>; provides a photograph, a historical essay, and a description of each church --<i>Theology Digest.</i>

unique --Library Journal; important...a useful resource --Public Library Quarterly; look[s] at 51 places of worship that have influenced society and culture far beyond their immediate location. Individual entries tell the story of each place of worship, giving its background and significance in essays of 2,000 to 4,000 words --ARBA; lively style of writing...extensive index.... This volume is unique for reference collections, because no other reference volume published within the past thirty years examines the buildings of America's religions. It will be important to libraries with collections of religion, architecture, history, and art --Reference & User Services Quarterly; provides a photograph, a historical essay, and a description of each church --Theology Digest.

Author Information

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.

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