Author: Mary O'LearyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass painting and staining
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Local Church Windows Depict American History
Author: Mary O'LearyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass painting and staining
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
American History in Stained Glass
Author: Calvary Episcopal Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Glass painting and staining
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
The Bicentennial of the United States of America
Author: American Revolution Bicentennial AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976..
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The Stained Glass Windows of St. Peter's United Church of Christ
Author: St. Peter's United Church of Christ (Saukville, Wis.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Stained glass windows
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
A history of the stained glass windows of St. Peter's United Church of Christ with brief biographies of the families that contributed to them.
The Windows of Boehm's United Church of Christ
Author: Boehm's United Church of ChristPublisher:
ISBN: 9781460907078
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
A history of the stained glass windows in Boehm's United Church of Christ in Blue Bell, PA as well as the painting in the sanctuary. Founded in 1740, Boehm's Church once served as a military hospital during the Revolutionary War. The windows, created by William Reith Studios in Philadelphia, were donated in 1911 by individuals and organizations and now, for the first time, a history of each window with pictures is available.
The Black Church
Author: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984880349
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The instant New York Times bestseller and companion book to the PBS series. “Absolutely brilliant . . . A necessary and moving work.” —Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., author of Begin Again “Engaging. . . . In Gates’s telling, the Black church shines bright even as the nation itself moves uncertainly through the gloaming, seeking justice on earth—as it is in heaven.” —Jon Meacham, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of Stony the Road and one of our most important voices on the African American experience comes a powerful new history of the Black church as a foundation of Black life and a driving force in the larger freedom struggle in America. For the young Henry Louis Gates, Jr., growing up in a small, residentially segregated West Virginia town, the church was a center of gravity—an intimate place where voices rose up in song and neighbors gathered to celebrate life's blessings and offer comfort amid its trials and tribulations. In this tender and expansive reckoning with the meaning of the Black Church in America, Gates takes us on a journey spanning more than five centuries, from the intersection of Christianity and the transatlantic slave trade to today’s political landscape. At road’s end, and after Gates’s distinctive meditation on the churches of his childhood, we emerge with a new understanding of the importance of African American religion to the larger national narrative—as a center of resistance to slavery and white supremacy, as a magnet for political mobilization, as an incubator of musical and oratorical talent that would transform the culture, and as a crucible for working through the Black community’s most critical personal and social issues. In a country that has historically afforded its citizens from the African diaspora tragically few safe spaces, the Black Church has always been more than a sanctuary. This fact was never lost on white supremacists: from the earliest days of slavery, when enslaved people were allowed to worship at all, their meetinghouses were subject to surveillance and destruction. Long after slavery’s formal eradication, church burnings and bombings by anti-Black racists continued, a hallmark of the violent effort to suppress the African American struggle for equality. The past often isn’t even past—Dylann Roof committed his slaughter in the Mother Emanuel AME Church 193 years after it was first burned down by white citizens of Charleston, South Carolina, following a thwarted slave rebellion. But as Gates brilliantly shows, the Black church has never been only one thing. Its story lies at the heart of the Black political struggle, and it has produced many of the Black community’s most notable leaders. At the same time, some churches and denominations have eschewed political engagement and exemplified practices of exclusion and intolerance that have caused polarization and pain. Those tensions remain today, as a rising generation demands freedom and dignity for all within and beyond their communities, regardless of race, sex, or gender. Still, as a source of faith and refuge, spiritual sustenance and struggle against society’s darkest forces, the Black Church has been central, as this enthralling history makes vividly clear.
History of the Stained Glass Windows of Community Presbyterian Church ... South Gate, California
Author: Francis L. BennettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian art and symbolism
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The History of the Tiffany Windows at the Erskine and American Church, Montreal
Author: Stories in Light
Author: Nancy CavadiniPublisher:
ISBN: 9780268107420
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame contains one of the largest collections of late nineteenth-century French stained glass outside of France. The French Gothic-inspired church has forty-four large stained glass windows containing two hundred and twenty scenes. Today, more than 100,000 visitors tour the basilica each year to admire its architecture or participate in the beautiful liturgies. Honoring both the Sacred Heart and the Virgin Mary, the vibrant windows have, for more than a century, drawn visitors and worshippers alike into a conversation with the art and faith found in the windows. This informative and conveniently sized guidebook tells the unique story of the windows: the improbable creation of a glassworks by cloistered Carmelite nuns in LeMans, France, and their stained glass that so perfectly illuminated the late nineteenth-century French Catholic spirituality of the Congregation of Holy Cross, who established the University of Notre Dame. The words of Father Edward Sorin, CSC, founder of the university, are featured throughout the text. He saw the basilica and its windows as an avenue for teaching this spirituality. The book describes the windows according to their location in the building, from the narthex at the entrance to the Lady Chapel behind the altar. Full-color photographs provide a detailed view of the scenes found in each window. These photos are accompanied by informed commentary on the historical and theological importance of the windows, the iconography of featured saints, and how they illuminate the work of the Holy Cross to educate both mind and spirit. Stories in Light is an easy-to-read book written for all who visit the basilica, including faculty, students, alumni, and friends and family of Notre Dame, and for readers everywhere who want to know more about the rich history and heritage of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart's stained glass.
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mormon Church
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description