Experiencing Sacred Place: Architecture and the Individual in Immigrant and Refugee Communities

The article examines the architecture and the individual in immigrant and refugee communities. Topics discussed include changing nature of sacred spaces, focusing particularly on spaces undergoing some form of transition-from one faith to another, from sacred to non-sacred; role that physical struct...

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Main Author: Knight, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2018
In: Cross currents
Year: 2018, Volume: 68, Issue: 3, Pages: 427-434
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sanctuary / Interreligiosity / Architecture / Individual / Immigrants
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AF Geography of religion
Further subjects:B Religion & Sociology
B ARCHITECTURE & religion
B ART & religion
B Interfaith Relations
B Immigrants
B Interfaith Dialogue
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Summary:The article examines the architecture and the individual in immigrant and refugee communities. Topics discussed include changing nature of sacred spaces, focusing particularly on spaces undergoing some form of transition-from one faith to another, from sacred to non-sacred; role that physical structures play in supporting community; and history of religious spaces amidst the surge of refugees and immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East.
ISSN:1939-3881
Contains:Enthalten in: Cross currents
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/cros.12323