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Pope, Albert Bird, Catherine Murray 2009-06-04T00:05:48Z 2009-06-04T00:05:48Z 1994 Bird, Catherine Murray. "The American Catholic Church in the contemporary urban realm (Vatican II)." (1994) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13815">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13815</a>. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13815 RICE2602 THESIS ARCH. 1994 BIRD The role of the Catholic Church as an institution in the city is one which has not been successfully exploited in this country. The transformation of the church after the Second Vatican Council relied on a direct relationship between functionalism in architecture and liturgical reform. This singular translation of liturgy into built form led to an exclusive reading of the church as embodying only liturgy. As the post-Vatican II church solely emphasized liturgy, it turned inward, away from its public identity. The post Vatican II church no longer participates in the public realm. The American Catholic church has been lost as public institution. The relationship between the church and the city must be examined with respect to the condition of the post Vatican II church and the contemporary city. 82 pp application/pdf reformatted digital eng Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder. Architecture Religion The American Catholic Church in the contemporary urban realm (Vatican II) Thesis Text Thesis was rescanned at 24-bit color in 2020. PDF has been OCR’d and made accessible. Architecture Architecture Rice University Masters Master of Architecture taggedPDF open.access