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KADOC-Artes Missionary Places 1850-1950
Imagining, Building, Contesting Christianities
2022 || Hardcover || Thomas Coomans || Leuven University Press
The 'spatial turn' of missionary places.
Situated at the crossroads of missionary history, imperial history and colonial architecture, the contributions in this volume investigate the architectural staging and spatial implications of the worldwide expansion of Christianity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By looking at specific architectural fragments, analysing the insertion of Christian edifices in colonial urban settings, or unravelling the social understanding of missionary place...
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Global Gothic
Neogothic Church Architecture in the 20th and 21st centuries
2022 || Hardcover || Barbara Borngässer e.a. || Leuven University Press
Although largely overlooked in studies of architectural history, church architecture in a Gothic idiom outlived its 19th century momentum to persist worldwide throughout the 20th century and into the new millennium.
Global Gothic presents a first systematic worldwide understanding of "Gothic" in contemporary architecture, both as a distinct variation and as a competitor to recognized modern styles. The book’s chapters critically discuss Gothic’s various manifestations over the past centur...