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Showing 1 to 20 of 75 for “"sacred space"”.
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Sacred Space
… factors that contribute to the constructing of space, and in particular, sacred space. With the idea that the making of sacred space is simultaneously a material construct and a construct of the mind, both postures were considered and studied throughout the research and design process of the …
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Sacred Space - Journey and Change
Religion developed out of myths. Myths developed independently in different places of the world. It seems that people have the wish to explain themselves what they perceive. Our psychological setting make us journey within ourselves to develop us. This building tries to support this process with …
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Creating sacred space: a Spiritualist church
… culture. This thesis explores the design of a sacred space independent of traditional symbolism. Rather than attempting to refine an existing typology this design explored what is fundamental in creating a sacred space. A church for a congregation of Spiritualists, who currently are renovating …
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So-journeying: creating sacred space in education
… experience, education necessitates creating sacred space.
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An Investigation of Sacred Space - The Grove
… a universal goal of mankind to seek or to create sacred spaces. What is a sacred space, and what are the qualities which describe that space? For thousands of years, the grove has possessed qualities which have made its space sacred. What defines a grove and the space it makes and how does this …
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Processional and Threshold; A Sacred Space for Downtown Blacksburg
This thesis is an investigation of architectural elements and lighting conditions that reinforce a journey. From the initial encounter to the presence of the sanctuary, a Presbyterian church has been constructed in downtown Blacksburg to instrumentally govern an interaction between congregation and …
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Building Zion: Sacred Space, the United Order, and Mormon Successor Groups
… creating Zion on earth through the creation of sacred spaces and sacred communities. By using Mircea Eliade and Mary Douglas to frame the discussion, this study will attempt to piece together how different groups utilized the efforts of their joint founder in response to the social challenges …
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Craving / Carving a sacred space : a study of religion on Stone Mountain.
… analysis, this study examines varieties of sacred space crafted at Stone Mountain Park, near Atlanta, Georgia. The focus on spatial aspects of religious practices at Stone Mountain grounds three over-arching methodological objectives of the thesis. The first is to further develop and extend …
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The Theoretical Symbolism of Eruvin: A Model of Dual-Identity and Sacred Space
… the theoretical significance of creating such a space. My argument maintains that beyond the functional application for observant Jews, <em>eruvin</em> strengthen the bonds of Jewish communities while subsequently allowing for the full integration of the same Jewish community into the majority …
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The eschatological garden : sacred space, time and experience in the monastic cloister garden
… death, history of religions analysis concerning sacred space and time and monastic spirituality. I develop this argument by focusing on the enclosed garden, which has connected with it, in myth and metaphor, abundant meanings concerning life after death in a paradisiacal state of bliss. These …
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The eschatological garden: sacred space, time and experience in the monastic cloister garden
… death, history of religions analysis concerning sacred space and time and monastic spirituality. I develop this argument by focusing on the enclosed garden, which has connected with it, in myth and metaphor, abundant meanings concerning life after death in a paradisiacal state of bliss. These …
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Understanding the nature of sacred space from the African traditional religious perspective : challenges of spatial management
… a new concept in land management, the concept of sacred space. (114-120 pages missing)
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Waging peace in sacred space : a comparative study of Catholic peacebuilding in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, 1963-2003
Waging Peace in Sacred Space ultimately begs the question: """"What does it mean to be a Catholic militant peace?"""" The dissertation tackles this question systematically: in three carefully researched case studies, the ways in which Catholic actors have waged peace in spaces of conflict and war …
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Panic on the British Borderlands: The Great God Pan, Victorian Sexuality, and Sacred Space in the Works of Arthur Machen
From the late Victorian period to the early twentieth century, Arthur Machen's life and his writing provide what Deleuze and Guattari argue to be the value of the minor author: Contemporary historical streams combine in Machen's fiction and non-fiction. The concerns and anxieties in the writing …
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The differential use of constructed sacred space in southern Britain, from the late Iron Age to the 4th century AD
… focusing on the differential use of internal space. Following an initial review of the interpretative parameters used in the archaeological identification of constructed cult sites, the evidence for such loci within an Iron Age context was critically re-examined. This has led to the conclusion …
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The language of gardens: Ibn al-‘Arabi’s barzakh, the courtyard gardens of the Alhambra, and the production of sacred space
… and interdisciplinary understanding of space by focussing on the courtyard gardens of the Alhambra. By presenting a theoretical conversation on the Sufi notion of the barzakh (an intermediary and relational space) between the premodern Muslim mystic Ibn al-Arabi and contemporary western …
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The children's chapel, Unitarian Church of Montreal : two case studies of the role of the mural in the transformation of the room into a sacred space
… little atmosphere has become, somehow, a magical space. It's clear that the mural is appreciated and acknowledged as having played a major role in this transformation. But how has it played that role? Two parent-child pairs were interviewed in order to gain insights about the role of the mural in …
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Newport Sanctuary & Community Center
Architectural treatment of sacred and non-sacred space is the primary focus of this thesis. The sacred space is enclosed by a cylinder making known the presence of center. A cube endures the non-sacred space that exists outside the sanctuary. Corbelling reveals the thickness of the threshold that …
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