eprintid: 10189581
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creators_name: Dowding, Sarah A
title: From Mission Hall to Church: Theology, Culture and Architecture on a South London Estate
ispublished: inpress
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F36
keywords: Urban mission
halls, sacred space,
nonconformist, council
estates, theology
note: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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abstract: In the UK, small faith buildings of “ordinary” appearance, occupied by Christian congregations who reject ideas of sacred space, have tended to be passed over by the historical record and continue to be overlooked by some heritage professionals. The primary significance of these humble buildings is not located in the acquisition and possession of symbolic artefacts and adornments, nor in architectural gestures designed to indicate the holiness of a space, but rather in the lack of such things, and in the deliberate maintenance of the ordinary and the functional. This article takes as its case study a former mission hall situated on a South London Estate, occupied by a church called The Bridge from 2010 to 2022. Considering the building in the wider social and historical context of urban mission halls, the article explores how The Bridge Church embodied Reformed Protestant theological beliefs about spaces of worship to suit the setting of a London estate in the twenty-first century, with modesty and utility demonstrated in their building inside and out.
date: 2024-02-29
date_type: published
publisher: Informa UK Limited
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2023.2214762
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2261444
doi: 10.1080/20507828.2023.2214762
lyricists_name: Dowding, Sarah
lyricists_id: SAMIL11
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Architecture and Culture
issn: 2050-7828
citation:        Dowding, Sarah A;      (2024)    From Mission Hall to Church: Theology, Culture and Architecture on a South London Estate.                   Architecture and Culture        10.1080/20507828.2023.2214762 <https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2023.2214762>.    (In press).    Green open access   
 
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