Lisa Marie Daunt earned her PhD in March 2021 from the University of Queensland, Australia. An architect and architectural historian, Lisa’s work combines new design, heritage conservation, research and writing.

• Foreword by Janina Gosseye Preface AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I1. “New World, Youthful” Queensland and Early (Pre-World War II) Modern Church Architecture2. “Recovering” Queensland and Church Architecture: Post-War Church Design 1945–1954, Setting the Scene3. “Optimistic” Queensland and Church Architecture: A Church Building Boom, 1955–19594. “Modernising” Queensland and Church Architecture: Modern Church Architecture, 1960–19645. “Liturgically Modern” Queensland Church Architecture: Liturgically Responsive Church Architecture, 1965–1977Part II6. From Hilltop Landmarks to Suburban Place Makers: Brisbane’s Post-War Religious Territories and Communities7. Experiments with Form: Queensland’s Innovative and Technically Progressive Ecclesiastical Beacons8. In Support of Liturgical Renewal: Designing Worship Spaces and Furnishings9. Seeking to Reinvigorate Worship: Integrating Modern Religious Art in Queensland’s Post-War ChurchesConclusion Abbreviations Bibliography Index

With a rapidly growing population in the post-war era the Australian State of Queensland built an astonishing number of churches in the modern idiom. Lisa Marie Daunt’s rigorous and comprehensive study shows how good many of these churches are and how well connected with the international architectural and liturgical discourse of their time. Daunt’s research, covering as it does every building of every denomination and every flavour of modernism, leads to powerful insights. Constructing Faith in the Antipodes is much more than a regional study; rather the size of the corpus of buildings, their high quality and Daunt’s astute analysis means that this book is an important addition to the global history of ecclesiastical architecture. - John Macarthur, The University of Queensland

Lisa Marie Daunt earned her PhD in March 2021 from the University of Queensland, Australia. An architect and architectural historian, Lisa’s work combines new design, heritage conservation, research and writing.

• Foreword by Janina Gosseye Preface AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I1. “New World, Youthful” Queensland and Early (Pre-World War II) Modern Church Architecture2. “Recovering” Queensland and Church Architecture: Post-War Church Design 1945–1954, Setting the Scene3. “Optimistic” Queensland and Church Architecture: A Church Building Boom, 1955–19594. “Modernising” Queensland and Church Architecture: Modern Church Architecture, 1960–19645. “Liturgically Modern” Queensland Church Architecture: Liturgically Responsive Church Architecture, 1965–1977Part II6. From Hilltop Landmarks to Suburban Place Makers: Brisbane’s Post-War Religious Territories and Communities7. Experiments with Form: Queensland’s Innovative and Technically Progressive Ecclesiastical Beacons8. In Support of Liturgical Renewal: Designing Worship Spaces and Furnishings9. Seeking to Reinvigorate Worship: Integrating Modern Religious Art in Queensland’s Post-War ChurchesConclusion Abbreviations Bibliography Index

With a rapidly growing population in the post-war era the Australian State of Queensland built an astonishing number of churches in the modern idiom. Lisa Marie Daunt’s rigorous and comprehensive study shows how good many of these churches are and how well connected with the international architectural and liturgical discourse of their time. Daunt’s research, covering as it does every building of every denomination and every flavour of modernism, leads to powerful insights. Constructing Faith in the Antipodes is much more than a regional study; rather the size of the corpus of buildings, their high quality and Daunt’s astute analysis means that this book is an important addition to the global history of ecclesiastical architecture. - John Macarthur, The University of Queensland

Lisa Marie Daunt earned her PhD in March 2021 from the University of Queensland, Australia. An architect and architectural historian, Lisa’s work combines new design, heritage conservation, research and writing.

• Foreword by Janina Gosseye Preface AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I1. “New World, Youthful” Queensland and Early (Pre-World War II) Modern Church Architecture2. “Recovering” Queensland and Church Architecture: Post-War Church Design 1945–1954, Setting the Scene3. “Optimistic” Queensland and Church Architecture: A Church Building Boom, 1955–19594. “Modernising” Queensland and Church Architecture: Modern Church Architecture, 1960–19645. “Liturgically Modern” Queensland Church Architecture: Liturgically Responsive Church Architecture, 1965–1977Part II6. From Hilltop Landmarks to Suburban Place Makers: Brisbane’s Post-War Religious Territories and Communities7. Experiments with Form: Queensland’s Innovative and Technically Progressive Ecclesiastical Beacons8. In Support of Liturgical Renewal: Designing Worship Spaces and Furnishings9. Seeking to Reinvigorate Worship: Integrating Modern Religious Art in Queensland’s Post-War ChurchesConclusion Abbreviations Bibliography Index

With a rapidly growing population in the post-war era the Australian State of Queensland built an astonishing number of churches in the modern idiom. Lisa Marie Daunt’s rigorous and comprehensive study shows how good many of these churches are and how well connected with the international architectural and liturgical discourse of their time. Daunt’s research, covering as it does every building of every denomination and every flavour of modernism, leads to powerful insights. Constructing Faith in the Antipodes is much more than a regional study; rather the size of the corpus of buildings, their high quality and Daunt’s astute analysis means that this book is an important addition to the global history of ecclesiastical architecture. - John Macarthur, The University of Queensland