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The Geometry of Love
The Geometry of Love: Space, Time, Mystery, and Meaning in an Ordinary Church | Margaret Visser
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Explores an ancient Christian church designated to St. Agnes lying outside Rome, focusing on the stories, symbolism, and rituals that make up the church, and providing details about mythology, history, and theology.
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Mehso-so

(2000) There's disappointingly little math here for a book titled “The Geometry of Love.“ But it's interesting for what it is: a discussion of a church, Sant'Agnese Fuori la mura near Rome, from as many perspectives as possible, ranging from architecture and art history to theology, hagiography, folklore, and personal response. It's interesting and occasionally fascinating. A bit unfocused for me, but arguably that's the point. Also: no pictures?

Texreader You‘d think there would be pictures!! How sad they chose not to include any (edited) 2w
swynn @Texreader Right? Not only would pictures have been helpful, but given the subject matter and the diffuse text, it could even have been a gorgeous coffee table book. 2w
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People who include sightseeing in their travels can scarcely avoid visiting churches.

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