Amazing Churches
$76.84
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
14 February 2026
Summary
Illustrated with more than 200 photographs, Amazing Churches includes more than 100 chapels, basilicas, and cathedrals dating from the Middle Ages to the present day. Every great church makes a statement, and it is seldom simply theological. An offering of thanks to a beloved minister, a monument to a powerful ruler, a colonialist vaunt – a church is never really just a church. Ornate or spartan, immense or intimate, from the Middle East and across Europe, from Alaska to Argentina, A…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781838866907 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1838866906 |
| Author: | Michael Kerrigan |
| Publisher: | Amber Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Amber Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 14 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 1.05kg |
| Dimensions: | 276mm x 212mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Amazing Places [Portrait format] |
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THE WORLD’S TWO BILLION-PLUS Christians worship in churches of every size and style, from storefronts to cathedrals. In “Amazing Churches of the World (Amber Books), author Michael Kerrigan documents more than 150 of the most unusual, including an 800-year-old Norwegian church with eerie carved wooden dragon heads; a Mexican church bullt on top of an ancient pyramid, and Barcelona’s massive Basilica de la Sagrada Familia.
– Peter Saenger * Wall Street Journal *About The Author
Michael Kerrigan
Michael Kerrigan was educated at St. Edward’s College and University College, Oxford, England. He is the author of History of the World, Abandoned Places of World War II, English Myths, and Amazing Churches of the World. He is a columnist, book reviewer, and feature writer for publications including the Scotsman and the Times Literary Supplement. Michael Kerrigan lives with his family in Edinburgh.
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