David Brown is Van Mildert Professor of Divinity, Durham University.

... a magnificent book ... David Brown presents a fascinating, immensely broad-ranging and hugely scholarly argument.

• Introduction ; 1. Sacrament and Enchantment: Re-conceiving the Sacramental ; 2. The Place of Encounter: Icons of Transcendence and Renaissance Immanence ; 3. The Natural World: Mediated Experience and Truth ; 4. Placement and Pilgrimage: Dislocation and Relocation ; 5. Competing Styles: Architectural Aims and Wider Setting ; 6. The Contemporary Context: House and Church as Mediators ; 7. Widening the Perspective: Mosque and Temple, Sport and Garden

David Brown is Van Mildert Professor of Divinity, Durham University.

... a magnificent book ... David Brown presents a fascinating, immensely broad-ranging and hugely scholarly argument.

• Introduction ; 1. Sacrament and Enchantment: Re-conceiving the Sacramental ; 2. The Place of Encounter: Icons of Transcendence and Renaissance Immanence ; 3. The Natural World: Mediated Experience and Truth ; 4. Placement and Pilgrimage: Dislocation and Relocation ; 5. Competing Styles: Architectural Aims and Wider Setting ; 6. The Contemporary Context: House and Church as Mediators ; 7. Widening the Perspective: Mosque and Temple, Sport and Garden

David Brown is Van Mildert Professor of Divinity, Durham University.

... a magnificent book ... David Brown presents a fascinating, immensely broad-ranging and hugely scholarly argument.

• Introduction ; 1. Sacrament and Enchantment: Re-conceiving the Sacramental ; 2. The Place of Encounter: Icons of Transcendence and Renaissance Immanence ; 3. The Natural World: Mediated Experience and Truth ; 4. Placement and Pilgrimage: Dislocation and Relocation ; 5. Competing Styles: Architectural Aims and Wider Setting ; 6. The Contemporary Context: House and Church as Mediators ; 7. Widening the Perspective: Mosque and Temple, Sport and Garden