Encounters with what people perceive as sacred always occur within specific spaces. There is a close interplay between the space defined and experienced as sacred and the specific local characterization of what is considered sacred. The current volume of the BERLINER THEOLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT (Berlin Theological Journal; BThZ) offers reflections on this interplay and, through its interdisciplinary essays, explores essential, relational, material, functional, social, and processual understandings of space in sacred architecture, both historically and in the present day.
Under the title “In Motion”, Ansgar Schulz and Benedikt Schulz discuss the transformation of the church space of St. Rochus in Düsseldorf, aiming to align and merge space and liturgy.
Berlin Theological Journal, 2024, Volume 41
Sacred Spaces – Spaces of the Sacred
Hardcover, 16 x 23.5 cm
363 pages
German
ISBN 978-3-11-156104-2
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