Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> Buildings - Religious

It has been said, "Each day you give a man a fish, he will eat that day, but if you teach a man how to fish, he will eat every day."

The intensions of this book are to teach you not how to fish but how to study the Bible for yourself instead of waiting for someone to feed you day by day. Studying your Bible is a command from God. You can read your Bible without studying it. Most Christians just simply read their Bible. This does not satisfy the command from God to study the Bible.

In the words of 2 Timothy 2:15, "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to...

Having won more than one recent poll as Britain's best-loved building, the appeal of Durham Cathedral appears abiding, which begs the question whether an iconic sacred building can retain meaning and affective pertinence for contemporary, secular visitors. Using the example of Durham Cathedral, this book sets out to explore wherein the appeal of historic churches lies today and considers questions of how and why their preservation into a post-Christian era should be secured.

By including feedback from visitors to the cathedral, and the author's own very personal account of the...

The picturesque English town would be nothing without its steeple. Fifty English Steeples tours the fifty most important medieval parish church towers and spires in England, covering a period of some five hundred years. Historically accurate, this elegant volume represents five years of painstaking original research, captured in the informative text, high-quality new photography, and 175 immaculately presented line drawings. The introduction provides an overview of the technological and aesthetic development of steeples, and their medieval origins. The chapters that follow are...

The Temple of Confucius (Kong Temple) in Qufu is the definitive monument to the world's greatest sage. From its humble origins deep in China's past, the home of Confucius grew in size and stature under the auspices of almost every major dynasty until it was the largest and most richly endowed temple in the Ming and Qing empires. The decline of state-sponsored ritualism in the twentieth century triggered a profound identity crisis for the temple and its worshipers, yet the fragile relic survived decades of neglect, war, and revolution and is now recognized as a national treasure and a World...

Created by best selling illustrator and modern artist Beth Ingrias, Adult Coloring Books: Charming Churches gives you the opportunity to color in 20 beautiful churches using your favorite coloring tools.

This adult coloring book features 20 unique designs found nowhere else. Each beautiful design is printed on the front of the pages only so you don't have to worry about your work of art bleeding through and ruining the patterns on the next page. As an added bonus both the front and back covers are printed with a matte finish. This means you can color them as well

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