Glorious temples or Babylonic whores : the culture of church building in Stuart England through the lens of consecration sermons / by Anne-Françoise Morel.

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

xvii, 479 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.

In 'Glorious Temples or Babylonic Whores' Anne-Françoise Morel offers an account of the intellectual and cultural history of places of worship in Stuart England. Official documents issued by the Church of England rarely addressed issues regarding the status, function, use, and design of churches; but consecration sermons turn time and again to the conditions and qualities befitting a place of worship in Post-Reformation England. Placing the church building directly in the midst of the heated discussions on the polity and ceremonies of the Church of England, this book recovers a vital lost area of architectural discourse. It demonstrates that the religious principles of church building were enhanced by, and contributed to, scientific developments in fields outside the realm of religion, such as epistemology, theory of sense perception, aesthetics, rhetoric, antiquarianism, and architecture.

Online version: Morel, Anne-Françoise, author. Glorious temples or Babylonic whores Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019

English

August 27, 2019

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-469) and index.