Paul D. Buchanan

Historic Places of Worship

Stories of 51 Extraordinary American Religious Sites Since 1300

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Produktbeschreibung

In St. Augustine, Florida, stands the replicated Mission Nombre de Dios, with a 208-foot stainless steel cross marking the site of the first known Catholic mass celebrated in Florida in 1620. In Montgomery, Alabama, the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church is known to many as the birthplace of the civil rights movement. Newport, Rhode Island's Touro Synagogue, dedicated in 1763, urged new leaders Washington and Jefferson to form a government ""which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance."" From the Anasazi kivas of Colorado built in the 1300s to the Peace Chapel constructed in 1970 on the Canadian border, this work examines the roots of 51 sites throughout the United States. Each entry provides background on the place of worship and its founders along with its location and religious affiliation. Sites include those devoted to Indian or Native American, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, Baha'i, and other beliefs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780786473786
• ISBN-10: 0786473789
• Artikelnr.: 36176889

Autorenporträt

Paul D. Buchanan is a social worker, a counselor, an historian, and a freelance writer. He has contributed to a weekly local history column for the The Daily Journal in San Mateo, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Introduction     
The Anasazi Kivas FOUR CORNERS, SOUTHWEST     
Pu'uhonua o Ho -naunau HAWAII     
Mission Nombre de Dios FLORIDA     
Center Church (Hartford Meeting House) CONNECTICUT     
Paha Sapa SOUTH DAKOTA     
Holy Trinity ("Old Swedes Church") DELAWARE     
St. Anne's Shrine VERMONT     
Tumacacori Mission and Tubac Presidio ARIZONA     
Friends' Great Meeting House RHODE ISLAND     
First Meeting House RHODE ISLAND     
Mission San Antonio de Valero (The Alamo) TEXAS     
Christ Church (The Old North Church) MASSACHUSETTS     
St. Louis Cathedral LOUISIANA     
First Parish Church MAINE     
St. John's Church VIRGINIA     
Prince William's Parish Church and Sheldon Church SOUTH CAROLINA      
Touro Synagogue RHODE ISLAND     
Niskayuna NEW YORK     
Cane Ridge Meeting House KENTUCKY     
Mother Bethel Church PENNSYLVANIA     
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad CALIFORNIA     
Mother Seton House MARYLAND     
Society of Christian Unitarians PENNSYLVANIA     
Harmonie Village INDIANA     
St. John's at Lafayette Square ("Church of the Presidents") DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA     
El Santuario de Chimayo NEW MEXICO     
St. Michael's Cathedral ALASKA     
Dwight Mission ARKANSAS     
Oakland Chapel MISSISSIPPI     
Kirtland Temple OHIO     
Whitman Mission WASHINGTON     
The Great Stone Church of Kawaiahao HAWAII     
Wesleyan Chapel NEW YORK     
Joss House Temple CALIFORNIA     
Old Mission of the Sacred Heart IDAHO     
Mission St. Ignatius MONTANA     
Wabaunsee First Church of Christ ("Beecher Bible and Rifle Church")
KANSAS     
St. Mary's in the Mountains NEVADA     
Bradford Congregational Church ("The Little BrownChurch in the Vale")
IOWA     
St. Mark's Church WYOMING     
St. Philomena's Church HAWAII     
Zion Church NEBRASKA     
St. Fidelis Church KANSAS     
Andrews Church (The International Mother's Day Shrine) WEST VIRGINIA     
Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church KANSAS     
Dexter Avenue Church ALABAMA     
Bukkyo Seinen Kai CALIFORNIA     
Temple of Islam, MICHIGAN     
Baha'i House of Worship ILLINOIS     
Annunciation Church WISCONSIN     
Chapel of Peace, International Peace Garden NORTH DAKOTA-MANITOBA     
Index