"This is an exceptionally interesting, theoretically engaging, empirically rich and above all, highly lucid and well-structured book that I have found very enjoyable to read." * Tim Edensor, Manchester Metropolitan University "The book offers a nuanced and insightful ethnography of Durham Cathedral and those who engage with it. Calvert reveals the complex, dynamic and mutually constitutive relationships people have with the building, highlighting the importance of its materialities, affordances, and spatio-temporal relations. It is an important book for those who want to understand the multifaceted lives of these monumental edifices, as well as those interested in wider questions concerning religion and modernity." * Sian Jones, University of Stirling.