Open AccessON THE OCCASION OF THE SPATIALITY IN CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND MUSLIM MOSQUES
Author(s) -
Lazar Koprinarov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista de antropología y filosofía de lo sagrado/revista de antropología y filosofía de lo sagrado
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2603-6053
pISSN - 2530-1233
DOI - 10.24310/raphisa.2017.v0i2.4309
Subject(s) - islam , christianity , architecture , tower , hierarchy , meaning (existential) , space (punctuation) , perspective (graphical) , islamic architecture , religious studies , history , aesthetics , sociology , philosophy , art , theology , visual arts , epistemology , archaeology , law , political science , linguistics
The temple is a pivotal event in the religious life of the different cultures. In the article some aspects of the experience of the temple as sacred space are addressed. Qualitative dimensions of sacred space in Christianity and Islam as their directionality, hierarchy and dynamics are analyzed. In this perspective, it attempts to shed light on the genesis and the different meaning of the bell tower and the minaret as specific configurations of the sacred architecture of Christianity and Islam.Key words: sacred architecture, space of the temple, bell tower, minaret