Building the Modern Church: Roman Catholic Church Architecture in Britain, 1955 to 1975

by Robert Proctor

Book Overview

Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council, architectural historian Robert Proctor examines the transformations in British Roman Catholic church architecture that took place in the two decades surrounding this crucial event. Inspired by new thinking in theology and changing practices of worship, and by a growing acceptance of modern art and architecture, architects designed radical new forms of church building in a campaign of new buildings for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138246115
• ISBN13: 9781138246119
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.