{"id":16231,"date":"2012-04-16T20:12:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T00:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=16231"},"modified":"2012-04-16T20:12:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T00:12:25","slug":"a-metaphor-for-contemporary-anglicanism-a-cardboard-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/a-metaphor-for-contemporary-anglicanism-a-cardboard-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"A metaphor for contemporary Anglicanism: a cardboard cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16232\" title=\"Cardboard\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ALeqM5gdCWQZDnzW-JtCu9HR17Fh_8LYQg-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5h_wm2XOTHEdbd5nWKJLElwNLFjnQ?docId=2a217816a54d4a1aaf6a3e241a7d0714\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The idea may sound flimsy, particularly given that cathedrals tend to be known for their solid presence: the flying buttresses, the soaring domes, the Gothic grandeur. But in the earthquake-devastated city of Christchurch, Anglican leaders believe it will deliver both a temporary solution and a statement about the city&#8217;s recovery.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, they announced plans to build a 25-meter (82-foot) high cathedral constructed with 104 tubes of cardboard. The structure will be a temporary replacement for the iconic stone Christ Church Cathedral, which was ruined last year in an earthquake that killed 185 people and destroyed much of the downtown.<\/p>\n<p>The Rev. Craig Dixon, a church spokesman, said the temporary cathedral would seat 700 people, cost up to 5 million New Zealand dollars ($4.1 million), and would be used for 10 years while a permanent replacement is designed and built.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This year a cardboard cathedral, next year cardboard cut-out bishops. There is nothing new under the sun.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From here: The idea may sound flimsy, particularly given that cathedrals tend to be known for their solid presence: the flying buttresses, the soaring domes, the Gothic grandeur. But in the earthquake-devastated city of Christchurch, Anglican leaders believe it will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/a-metaphor-for-contemporary-anglicanism-a-cardboard-cathedral\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[590],"class_list":["post-16231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican","tag-christ-church-cathedral-new-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}