American Country Churches

American Country Churches
Author: William Morgan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2004-11
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

"The country church tells us who we are. In doing so, it provides a sense of security, especially in times of crisis," says Pulitzer-Prize nominee Morgan in his Introduction to this sweeping, gorgeously photographed look at rural America's most enchanting houses of worship.

American Country Churches

American Country Churches
Author: Jill Caravan
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1996
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781561387892

An illustrated history reflects the structures, people, and movements of religious America with a region-by-region tour of notable country churches that examines basic architecture and the beliefs of the people who attended them.

Country Churches

Country Churches
Author: Raymond Paul Zirblis
Publisher: MetroBooks (NY)
Total Pages: 126
Release: 1998
Genre: Church architecture
ISBN:

Country churches are humble yet much-loved structures that for centuries have played a central role in the daily lives of people rural communities the world over. Country Churches is a photographic and historical tour of country churches throughout the Christian world. From Britain's simple stone churches to the austere wood-framed houses of worship of New England, to the ornate stylings of Eastern Europe's Byzantine churches, the nature and history of country churches is beautifully revealed on each page of this stunning volume.

Six Thousand Country Churches

Six Thousand Country Churches
Author: Charles Otis Gill
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2016-06-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781534688469

The Commission on Church and Country Life of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America conducted the work whose results are summarized in this book. Several thousand persons assisted in collecting the data here given. Lists of churches were obtained from correspondents in every township in Ohio, and township maps were sent to them for marking the location of the churches. Ministers, clerks, and other officers of churches, district superintendents, and other denominational leaders gave indispensable information.

American Churches

American Churches
Author: David Miller
Publisher: Chartwell
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2008-03-01
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9780785822202

Through fascinating and sometimes even breathtaking photographs, this book dramatically presents a representative sample of the wide variety of religious buildings, all grouped together under the generic title of "churches." Arranged in alphabetical order by state.

English Country Churches

English Country Churches
Author: Derry Brabbs
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2002
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781841881775

No sight is more evocative than a small village where an embattled tower stands proudly or a great sweep of landscape from which an elegant spire soars above trees and meadows. Celebrate the English church in all its diversity--the different architecture, regional styles, structural materials, personalities, and settings. Each example combines familiarity with the pleasure of discovery.

Rock Beneath the Sand

Rock Beneath the Sand
Author: Lois E. Myers
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781585442508

Given in memory of Jameson Garrett Brown by the Rotary Club of Aggieland with matching support from the Sara and John H. Lindsey '44 Fund.