Abstract
Physical space is challenged on the basis of aesthetic, ideo-logical, religious, environmental and economic perspectives. Buildings and structures play a prominent role in the competition for recognition between social groups. Espe-cially church structures have historically represented a city's vision for dynamic growth, status, and innovation. With migration and new religious movements' estab-lishment in Denmark, the need for new sacred buildings has been significant. In the article I analyze the attempts to establish religious buildings in public space in Den-mark by two different religious groups. Both attempts ended in conflict with the sur-rounding society. In both cases, the local council's option of using the Planning Act to develop a local development plan plays an important role for the possibility of reli-gious organizations to build, for the building location as well as the building's ap-pearance within the Danish model of religion.
Bidragets oversatte titel | Holy Building on the Fringes of the Model |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Artikelnummer | 8 |
Tidsskrift | Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift |
Vol/bind | 62 |
Sider (fra-til) | 91-105 |
Antal sider | 15 |
ISSN | 0108-1993 |
Status | Udgivet - 1 jan. 2015 |
Emneord
- Det Humanistiske Fakultet