Historic Places of Worship: Stories of 51 Extraordinary American Religious Sites Since 1300

by Paul D. Buchanan

In St. Augustine, Florida, stands the replicated Mission Nombre de Dios, with a 208-foot stainless steel cross marking the site of the first known Catholic mass celebrated in Florida in 1620. In Montgomery, Alabama, the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church is known to many as the birthplace of the civil rights movement. Newport, Rhode Island's Touro Synagogue, dedicated in 1763, urged new leaders Washington and Jefferson to form a government "which to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786473789
• ISBN13: 9780786473786
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher