Introductory Essay: Sacred, Spiritual, Secular: Spaces of Faith in the Twenty-first century

Jordan, K. and Saleem, S. 2022. Introductory Essay: Sacred, Spiritual, Secular: Spaces of Faith in the Twenty-first century. Architecture and Culture. 10 (4), pp. 565-570. https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2024.2386495

TitleIntroductory Essay: Sacred, Spiritual, Secular: Spaces of Faith in the Twenty-first century
TypeEdited issue
AuthorsJordan, K. and Saleem, S.
Abstract

The starting point for this Special Issue of Architecture and Culture was a conference hosted by the University of Westminster in association with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 2019, entitled “Spiritual Sacred Secular: The Architecture of Faith in Modern Britain.” While the conference focused on Britain, we were aware of an important gap in the literature on global faith spaces in late modernity, and sought to explore it through a collection of written papers. The contributions to this issue have been selected to highlight the wide diversity of methods and practices used to read faith spaces. We have underscored the importance of different approaches by including articles that present work from scholars in the fields of architectural and design history, sociology, anthropology and architecture

KeywordsArchitecture
spirituality
religion
places of worship
twenty-first century
JournalArchitecture and Culture
Journal citation10 (4), pp. 565-570
ISSN2050-7828
2050-7836
Year2022
PublisherTaylor & Francis
Accepted author manuscript
File Access Level
Open (open metadata and files)
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2024.2386495
Publication dates
PublishedOct 2024
Published in print2022

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