Steven J. Schloeder Amid the growing dissatisfaction with Catholic church architecture since the Second Vatican Council, and the general lack of clear and vibrant direction in liturgy, this book responds to the timely question of "How ought we build our churches?" Drawing upon the texts of the Second Vatican Council, recent papal encyclicals, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church , …

This book by Bishop Christoph Schonborn, the principal editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, is about the human face of God. Artists and theologians have meditated upon the mystery of God's human countenance and tried to express it.  This book seeks to present the great sources of this meditation--sources which today are widely unknown, or have become foreign or obscure.  …

Churches and cathedrals were originally built to be read.  They are alive with images and symbols - all of which are packed with meaning.  But today few people, from regular visitors to tourists, truly understand the wealth of meaning in what they find there. How to Read a Church is must reading for anybody who wants to know more about what they see in a church or …

Gregory W. Tucker America's Church is a story of faith, hope, and love. It's the story of a challenge accepted by one generation of American Catholics and then passed down to, and accepted by, the next and the next, and the next. Gregory Tucker shows how the most significant single project ever undertaken by the Church in the United States traces its roots to its modest beginnings as a student …

In Tiers of Glory: The Organic Development of Catholic Church Architecture Through the Ages by Michael S. Rose A Return to the Beautiful! Great Gift Idea! "One who deserves credit for promoting the new renaissance in sacred architecture as well as the burgeoning Catholic-preservation movement is critic and author Michael S. Rose," wrote Duncan Stroik, the editor of Sacred Architecture, in …

Following up his best selling books Degenerate Moderns and Dionysos Rising, E. Michael Jones completes the trilogy as he reveals in this book how modern architecture arose out of disordered lives of its creators. Beginning with the simultaneous collapse of both his marriage and the Austro-Hungarian empire, Walter Gropius began to formulate an architectural rhetoric that he felt would speak to …

In this gorgeously illustrated book, the renowned Latinist Pierre Grimal examines the multitude of churches in pontifical Rome, rediscovering through them not only the traces of nascent Christianity but also the spirit of the ancient Imperial city. Early Christians viewed the "church" as the assembly of the faithful, the "dome" as their home, and the "basilica" as the palace of the Lord. Such …