"How to Make a Church 'Look Like' a Church: Architecture as An Image of Heaven"
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How is the architectural design of a church related to what happens within a church? For some reason, Catholics and others often find themselves without a good answer to this obvious question. Is a church simply the functional equivalent of a people warehouse, or could the materiality of a church be understood more fully in some sacramental way as a built form of theology that offers due honor and reverence to the liturgical rites celebrated by the Church?Please join us this Thursday evening (@ 6:30pm) as we welcome back Dr. Denis McNamara, a 1997 UVA Architectural History Ph.D. Dr. McNamara is an Associate Professor at Benedictine College in Kansas, where he is founding Executive Director of the College's new Center for
Beauty and Culture. Dr. McNamara is the author of many scholarly works and he will call us to rethink and deepen our understanding of the purposes of Church architecture as a visible, material means that attracts and directs our minds and bodies toward an invisible yet fuller Heavenly reality.
Beauty and Culture. Dr. McNamara is the author of many scholarly works and he will call us to rethink and deepen our understanding of the purposes of Church architecture as a visible, material means that attracts and directs our minds and bodies toward an invisible yet fuller Heavenly reality.This free public lecture is jointly sponsored by the Thomistic Institute and the St. Anselm Institute for Catholic Thought, and all are invited to attend so bring a friend or colleague.
