PrefaceIntroductionFaith and its TerritoriesSven Sterken and Eva WeynsNEGOTIATION1. Planning for Faith in Wythenshawe, ManchesterAngela Connelly2. Lyons’s Post-War ChurchesTwo Contexts, Two Churches, One Architect: Pierre GentonJudi Loach and Mélanie Meynier-Philip3. Constructing Country, Community and CityAlvar Aalto’s Lakeuden Risti, 1951-1966Sofia Anja Singler4. Faith in a Divided CityChurch Building in Berlin and the 1957 Interbau ExhibitionMarina WesnerEXPERTISE5. Rethinking the Urban ParishFrançois Houtart, the Centre de Recherches Socio-Religieuses and the 1958 Pastoral Plan for BrusselsEva Weyns and Sven Sterken6. Catholic Parishes in the Lisbon Master Plan of 1959The Legacy of the SNIP and the MRARJoão Alves da Cunha and João Luís Marques7. “A Silent Revolution”Jacinto Rodríguez Osuna, Luis Cubillo de Arteaga and the 1965 Plan Pastoral for MadridJesús García HerreroAUTHORITY8. A Laboratory of Pastoral Modernity Church Building in Milan under Cardinal Montini and Enrico Mattei from 1955 to 1963Umberto Bordoni, Maria Antonietta Crippa, Davide Fusari and Ferdinando Zanzottera9. Reconstructing the Diocese of BarcelonaParish Reform and Church Building under Monsignor Modrego Casaus from 1943 to 1967Alba Arboix-Alió and Sven Sterken10. Mass Housing and the Catholic Hierarchy in Dublin, 1930s–1970s 305The Case of Ballymun EstateEllen Rowley11. EpilogueA Divine Dwelling Crisis? Notes for a Paradigm of EmptinessKees DoevendansA novel and interdisciplinary perspective on post-war church buildingIn the 1950s and 1960s, thousands of churches were built across Europe in an attempt to keep up with the continent's rapid urbanisation. This book addresses the immense effort related to the planning, financing, and construction of this new religious infrastructure. Going beyond aspects of style and liturgy, and transcending a focus on particular architects or regions, this volume considers church building at the crossroads of pastoral theology, religious sociology, and urban planning. Presenting the rich palette of strategies and methods deployed by congregations, dioceses, government bodies, and private patrons in their attempt to secure a religious presence in the rapidly modernising world, Territories of Faith offers a broad view of the practice of religion and its material expression in the fast-evolving (sub)urban landscapes of post-war Europe.In the 1950s and 1960s, thousands of churches were built across Europe in an attempt to keep up with the continent's rapid urbanisation. This book addresses the immense effort related to the planning, financing, and construction of this new religious infrastructure. Going beyond aspects of style and liturgy, and transcending a focus on particular architects or regions, this volume considers church building at the crossroads of pastoral theology, religious sociology, and urban planning. Presenting the rich palette of strategies and methods deployed by congregations, dioceses, government bodies, and private patrons in their attempt to secure a religious presence in the rapidly modernising world, Territories of Faith offers a broad view of the practice of religion and its material expression in the fast-evolving (sub)urban landscapes of post-war Europe.