When Church Became Theatre

When Church Became Theatre

Author: Jeanne Halgren Kilde

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780195179729

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In the 1880s, socio-economic and technological changes in the United States contributed to the rejection of Christian architectural traditions and the development of the radically new auditorium church. Jeanne Kilde links this shift in evangelical Protestant architecture to changes in worship style and religious mission.