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Title: Religion


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Religion
  • Why do religions organize space in distinctive
    patterns?

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Religious buildings
  • No matter what religion, until recently churches,
    etc. were the tallest, most elaborate buildings
  • Impact of religion on the landscape is profound,
    because many people believe life on Earth should
    be spent in the service of God

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Religious Buildings
  • May be places for people to worship or structures
    to house religious artifacts
  • Sacred structures are anchors of a faith.

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Christian Churches
  • Word church derives from Greek meaning lord,
    master, and power.
  • Church is more critical in Christianity than
    other religions, because it is an expression of
    religious principles, and an environment created
    in the image of God.
  • Collective worship in a church is considered very
    important

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Christian Churches
  • Built with a variety of materials, depending on
    what was available locally
  • Churches are extremely expensive to design,
    build, and maintain
  • Early churches modled after bascilicas, Roman
    buildings for public assembly
  • Typically central hall and 2 side aisles

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Christian Churches
  • Raised alter symbolizes hill of Calvary where
    Jesus was crucified
  • Gothic churches floor plan in form of cross
  • Orthodox- Basilica- most ornate
  • RC- Church or Cathedral- in the middle
  • Protestant- Church or megachurch- least ornate

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Islamic Mosque
  • Unlike a church, a Mosque is not viewed as a
    sanctified place but as a location for the
    community to worship
  • Organized around a central courtyard. Pulpit
    faces Mecca
  • Minaret- a tower from which a muzzan summons
    people to worship

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Hindu Temples
  • Sacred structures for collective worship are
    relatively unimportant
  • Temples are built to house shrines for gods
    instead of community worship
  • Wealthy people or groups of people maintain the
    temples
  • Contains a small, dimly lit room containing a
    sacred artifact or image

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Buddhist/Taoist/Shinto Pagodas
  • Tall, many sided towers, arranged in a series of
    tiers, balconies, and slanting roofs
  • Pagodas contain relics that were once part of
    Buddhas body or clothing
  • Not designed for congregational worship

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Bahai
  • Wilmette, Illinois
  • Open to adherents of all religions, services
    include scriptures from various religions

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Sacred space- disposing of dead
  • Jews, Christians, Muslims bury dead in a
    cemetery- often doubles as a park
  • Early Christians worshipped and buried their dead
    in catacombs- underground passages.
  • Some Christians bury dead w/ feet toward
    Jerusalem
  • Egyptians buried dead on West side of river,
    lived on E. side

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Sacred space- disposing of dead
  • Hindus practice cremation- burning the dead- so
    did Europeans until Christianity
  • Zoroastrians expose the dead to birds and
    animals- Tibetan Buddhists

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