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CONTENTS

List of figures ix
List of contributors xvii
Acknowledgments xx

Introduction: the sacred space 1

Anat Geva

PART I
Modernists and sacred architecture 13

1 Minimal ritual: Mies van der Rohe’s Chapel of St. Savior, 1952 15
Ross Anderson

2 Religious freedom and architectural ambition at Vassar College,

1945–54 31
Lindsay Cook

3 Tuskegee University’s second chapel: a departure and a

continuation 51
Arthur J. Clement and Roderick D. Fluker

PART II
The parabola, concrete, and modern sacred architecture 71

4 Bold modern form: the parabola and St. Louis’s sacred buildings 73
Mary Reid Brunstrom
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5 The structural modeling and design of St. Mary’s Cathedral,

San Francisco, 1963–71 93
Gabriele Neri

6 Charles Haertling’s St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Northglenn,

Colorado, 1963–64 113
Heather Seneff

7 A monumental absence: Paul Rudolph’s Christian Science Building,

1965 (demolished 1986) 132
Scott Murray

PART III
Denominations, identity, and modern sacred architecture 153

8 Creating sacred spaces in the suburbs: Roman Catholic architecture

in post-war Los Angeles, 1948–76 155
Michael J. Gibson

9 Critiquing modernism: the unorthodox Orthodox, 1950s–60s 175

Dean G. Lampros

10 J. Eugene Wukasch and mid-century Lutheran architecture

in Texas, 1950–70 194
Jason John Paul Haskins

11 The nexus between Lithuanian vernacular and American modernism 214

Milda B. Richardson

PART IV
Modern interiors and liturgical fittings 233

12 Seeing, not knowing: symbolism, art, and “opticalism” in

mid-century American religious architecture 235
Jeremy Kargon

13 The sanctuary wall: Unitarian rationalism illuminated 255

Ann Marie Borys

14 Tradition and transcendence: Eero Saarinen’s MIT Chapel and

the nondenominational ideal 275
Joseph M. Siry
Epilogue 296
Phillip James Tabb

Index 304

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