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From: pedersen@cartan.berkeley.edu (Sharon L. Pedersen)
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Subject: Church architecture (was Re: Newspaper Article)
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Date: 23 Oct 90 15:55:50 GMT
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The Church could use some feminist architects as well as theologians.

It's soul-sapping to worship in a building with a large stained glass
window of God the Father on His Heavenly Throne up front--drags me
straight back into thinking, "Aha, I'll come here and ask this man to
take care of me."  Yuck.

--Sharon Pedersen
  pedersen@cartan.berkeley.edu   OR   ucbvax!cartan!pedersen