Abstract
“The Christian Pavilion at Expo '67, the International Exhibition at Montreal, is a bold annunciation of what's happening. Truly ecumenical— the fruit of eight cooperating churches including the Roman Catholic—the controversial building attempts to meet the challenge and need of our electronic age by opting for contemporary symbols of faith rather than historical and traditional ones. Critics aplenty, mostly within the churches, are charging that it is a surrender to the theories of Marshall McLuhan, Canada's prophet of technological environment. The lack of familiar and identifiable Christian symbols, and the use of modern photographs showing the variety of human life and problems, offend popular piety and theological conservatism.”
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