Twelve churches are presented in this volume from an architectural historical and religious practical perspective by Kerstin Wittmann-Englert and Thomas Erne. Basic knowledge of church construction includes the object history of the churches as well as the user perspective. The editors selected these twelve churches because they are characteristic of a specific era and also provide a concise model of religious practice. The exemplary in-depth explorations along the history of church construction up to the most recent present are interconnected by a cultural philosophical framework narrative by Jörg Lauster. At the end of the volume, there is an essay by Paul Kahlfeldt, in which he develops his own systematic perspective on church construction. Not only students of architecture and cultural and art studies but also those of theology often find themselves at a loss in front of the works of the evening.