Theology Department
St. Stephen's
Episcopal School
Austin, Texas
Tradition
-the episcopal church
Curriculum
-theology 12
-theology 8
-theology senior elective
Resources
-books
-community service
-ethics
-human rights, interfaith
dialogue, & peacemaking
-environmental concerns
-historical figures
-larger perspectives
-practice
Contact
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Note: This page is a starting point; most links will take you to other sites as well.
Chaos and cosmos are evident in maps from many times and places. See:
This 13th century map of Jerusalem.
Christian and Jewish images:
The Cathedral of Notre Dame at Chartres.
St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York City
The Vatican, including The Sistine Chapel.
For a quick survey of Gothic Cathedrals, click here.
For a virtual tour of holy sites in Jerusalem, visit here.
Islamic images:
What is the Hajj? The Ka'bah? Click here.
The outside of the Dome of the Rock mosque in Jerusalem can be seen here, and an inside view here.
The Great Mosque at Cordoba, Spain.
Buddhist images:
The Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya in India marks the site of Sakyamuni Buddha's Enlightenment.
The Buddhist monument at Borobudur includes many images; be sure to click through at the bottom right corner.
Classical sites:
The Acropolis and the Parthenon
Gardens tell us a lot:
Prehistoric, Pre-Columbian, and other images:
Visit the Teotihuacan Home Page for sites to our south.
Egyptian pyramids can be seen here.
Art from the Seminole Canyon and other sites in West Texas.
The Caves of Lascaux, paleolithic art at its best; The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave is interesting as well.
The Ise Shrine of Japan can be viewed here and here.
The idea of the "sacred tree" can be examined here.
The idea of the "sacred mountain" can be examined here.
Other:
There is A Pattern Language that reveals how creating spaces to evoke certain responses is one way to understand what architecture is.