The Book: Building or renovating a worship space is a challenging experience for a faith community. The author, a liturgical consultant, offers practical advice and clear procedures for this process. Stressing the need to understand a church building or chapel as a "ritual space," she illustrates how to create a space that will serve the assembly in common prayer. The combination of down-to-earth advice and imaginative reflection on the relationship between ritual and space makes this guide essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the building process in a liturgical context.
The Author: Marchita B. Mauck, Ph.D., ia a professor of art history at Louisiana State University and has taught at the University of Notre Dame, Catholic Theological Union and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music.
paperback - 5.25" x 8.25" - 71 pages
Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1995; out of print
