Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Louis Nelson’s Book on Religious Architecture in Colonial South Carolina to be Released
"The Beauty of Holiness: Anglicanism and Architecture in Colonial South Carolina" (UNC Press, 2008)contains Chair and Assoc. Professor of Architectural History Louis Nelson’s research into the practices, politics, and design of Anglican life and structures. The book is scheduled for release this month.
From the publisher: "Nelson begins with a careful examination of the buildings, grave markers, and communion silver fashioned and used by early Anglicans. Turning to the religious functions of local churches, he uses these objects and artifacts to explore Anglican belief and practice in South Carolina. Chapters focus on the role of the senses in religious understanding, the practice of the sacraments, and the place of beauty, regularity, and order in eighteenth-century Anglicanism. The final section of the book considers the ways church architecture and material culture reinforced social and political hierarchies."
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