Sentences with phrase «american religious architecture»

American religious historian Peter Williams» Houses of God is an impressively broad and well - written illustrated survey of American religious architecture and the circumstances of its creation.

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But he does not forget (except for the Seventh - day Adventists) the churches and temples of smaller and more marginal religious communities, buildings typically overlooked in standard surveys of American architecture.

Here in a single decision is exemplified the paradox confronting American courts because they are in a religiously plural society — a paradox that hands to them the erstwhile religious task of articulating a moral architecture.

Joseph Stella (1877 - 1946) was an Italian - American painter, noted for his Futurist paintings depicting city architecture, religious themes, and modern culture.