How Long to Read American Catholics and the Church of Tomorrow

How Long Does it Take to Read American Catholics and the Church of Tomorrow?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read American Catholics and the Church of Tomorrow by Catherine R. Osborne

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In the mid-twentieth century, American Catholic churches began to shed the ubiquitous spires, stained glass, and gargoyles of their European forebears, turning instead toward startling and more angular structures of steel, plate glass, and concrete. But how did an institution like the Catholic Church, so often seen as steeped in inflexible traditions, come to welcome this modernist trend? Catherine R. Osborne’s innovative new book finds the answer: the alignment between postwar advancements in technology and design and evolutionary thought within the burgeoning American Catholic community. A new, visibly contemporary approach to design, church leaders thought, could lead to the rebirth of the church community of the future. As Osborne explains, the engineering breakthroughs that made modernist churches feasible themselves raised questions that were, for many Catholics, fundamentally theological. Couldn’t technological improvements engender worship spaces that better reflected God's presence in the contemporary world? Detailing the social, architectural, and theological movements that made modern churches possible, American Catholics and the Churches of Tomorrow breaks important new ground in the history of American Catholicism, and also presents new lines of thought for scholars attracted to modern architectural and urban history.

How long is American Catholics and the Church of Tomorrow?

American Catholics and the Church of Tomorrow by Catherine R. Osborne is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read American Catholics and the Church of Tomorrow Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read American Catholics and the Church of Tomorrow aloud.

What Reading Level is American Catholics and the Church of Tomorrow?

American Catholics and the Church of Tomorrow is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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