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This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account of the internal arrangement of church buildings in Western Europe between 1500 and 2000, showing how these arrangements have met the liturgical needs of their respective denominations, Catholic and Protestant, over this period. In addition to a chapter looking at the general impact of the Reformation on church buildings, there are separate chapters on the churches of the Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican and Roman Catholic traditions between the mid-sixteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, and on the ecclesiological movement of the nineteenth century and the liturgical movement of the twentieth century, both of which have impacted on all the churches of Western Europe over the past 150 years. The book is extensively illustrated with figures in the text and a series of plates and also contains comprehensive guides to both further reading and buildings to visit throughout Western Europe.

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'Nigel Yates is the foremost authority on the relationship between the liturgy and the ordering of church buildings in the post reformation world. Building on his earlier book, Buildings, Faith and Worship, which explored the liturgical arrangement of Anglican churches between 1600 and 1900, Professor Yates has provided a well researched and entertaining account of the interplay between the liturgies of the various denominations and the way church buildings, old and new, have been ordered. Professor Yates is an acknowledged expert in this field, and serious students and amateur church crawlers alike will enjoy his eye for quirky detail as well as the scholarly erudition that underpins this splendid volume.' The Right Reverend David Stancliffe, Bishop of Salisbury, UK This is a masterly overview of the continual process down the centuries by which the Church responds to a renewed vision of God by revisiting the church building and reshaping it to better reflect the hopes and aspirations of the community of faith. Both scholar and worshipper will be enriched by it. The Very Reverend Richard Giles, Dean of Philadelphia Cathedral, USA No liturgical historian or indeed anyone who has any kind of responsibility for liturgy can afford to be without this book, dealing as it does with how theology and worship affect the use of liturgical space. This book shows how different theological and liturgical insights impact on how churches have been re-ordered for worship at different times and across all the denominations, and is therefore invaluable for those responsible for modern day worship. The Most Reverend Dr Barry C Morgan, The Archbishop of Wales Interesting and attractive in equal measure, and much more than a handbook or introductory overview, Liturgical Space is comprehensive, authoritative, and suggestive in its interweaving of architecture, theology, ecclesiology, and history. Professor Clyde Binfield, UK 'This superb study, by the leading historian of liturgy and church building and one of the most prolific, covers an astonishing geographical, ecclesiastical and chronological span. From the Reformation to the present day; this book ranges across Germany, Scandinavia, France, Switzerland, Holland, Hungary, England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and covers both Protestant and Catholic buildings and forms of worship. This book shows the extraordinary scholarship that Nigel Yates has mastered and deploys it to the benefit of theologians and historians of many periods and interests.' Archives (Journal of the British Records Association) '...fascinating... gives us a wealth of historical information with some very important vignettes about liturgical practice.' Anaphora 'A valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of Christian worship and its relationship to religious architecture from the Reformation era to the present... In its utilization of the author's own extensive and distinguished scholarship, Liturgical Space makes both an original contribution to the study of Christian worship and its architectural setting while providing a valuable handbook for those wishing to pursue the study of both.' Catholic Historical Review 'Nigel Yates, professor of Christian architecture at the University of Wales, well known for his work on liturgy, Church architecture and theology, has brought these three interconnected fields together in a brief yet remarkably readable book. ... Recommended for all libraries and for all interested in the fascinating ways in which theology, liturgy and architecture interact and express themselves.' Anglican and Episcopal History '[A] riveting read.' Lutheran Quarterly 'This is an amazing book that is tight on focus and breathtaking in its geographical reach through north-western Europe and Scandinavia, and over such a vast period of time. It is a fitting tribute to Nigel Yates, ... this book is clearly a product of his life's work... Yates has provided a rich, satisfying work that provokes questions to the very end.' Ecclesiology Today

'Nigel Yates is the foremost authority on the relationship between the liturgy and the ordering of church buildings in the post reformation world. Building on his earlier book, Buildings, Faith and Worship, which explored the liturgical arrangement of Anglican churches between 1600 and 1900, Professor Yates has provided a well researched and entertaining account of the interplay between the liturgies of the various denominations and the way church buildings, old and new, have been ordered. Professor Yates is an acknowledged expert in this field, and serious students and amateur church crawlers alike will enjoy his eye for quirky detail as well as the scholarly erudition that underpins this splendid volume.' The Right Reverend David Stancliffe, Bishop of Salisbury, UK This is a masterly overview of the continual process down the centuries by which the Church responds to a renewed vision of God by revisiting the church building and reshaping it to better reflect the hopes and aspirations of the community of faith. Both scholar and worshipper will be enriched by it. The Very Reverend Richard Giles, Dean of Philadelphia Cathedral, USA No liturgical historian or indeed anyone who has any kind of responsibility for liturgy can afford to be without this book, dealing as it does with how theology and worship affect the use of liturgical space. This book shows how different theological and liturgical insights impact on how churches have been re-ordered for worship at different times and across all the denominations, and is therefore invaluable for those responsible for modern day worship. The Most Reverend Dr Barry C Morgan, The Archbishop of Wales Interesting and attractive in equal measure, and much more than a handbook or introductory overview, Liturgical Space is comprehensive, authoritative, and suggestive in its interweaving of architecture, theology, ecclesiology, and history. Professor Clyde Binfield, UK 'This superb study, by the leading historian of liturg

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Nigel Yates is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Wales, Lampeter. As well as having written extensively on church buildings over the past twenty years, he was between 1981 and 1991 a member of the Executive Committee of the Council for the Care of Churches, advising the Church of England on reordering schemes as part of the faculty jurisdiction process, and has since spoken at major conferences on church buildings and their furnishings.

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