Glorious temples or Babylonic whores : : the culture of church building in Stuart England through the lens of consecration sermons / / by Anne-Françoise Morel.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, VOLUME 300
• VerfasserIn: Morel, Anne-Françoise,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History v. 300.; Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 39.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (497 pages).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 900439897X
• ISSN: 0920-8607
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Anne-Françoise Morel.

In Glorious Temples or Babylonic Whores , Anne-Françoise Morel offers an account of the intellectual and cultural history of places of worship in Stuart England. Official documents issued by the Church of England rarely addressed issues regarding the status, function, use, and design of churches; but consecration sermons turn time and again to the conditions and qualities befitting a place of worship in Post-Reformation England. Placing the church building directly in the midst of the heated discussions on the polity and ceremonies of the Church of England, this book recovers a vital lost area of architectural discourse. It demonstrates that the religious principles of church building were enhanced by, and contributed to, scientific developments in fields outside the realm of religion, such as epistemology, the theory of sense perception, aesthetics, rhetoric, antiquarianism, and architecture.