![]() ![]() Some of these spaces become more universal in use, as a church or synagogue or mosque might become, in many ways, a community center. Religions of the world use varied places and settings for rituals, worship, burial, and other activities. Read this article from Tricycle, a US Foundation centered on promoting Buddhist views.Can you describe what happens in this space? Can you describe why it is considered “set aside”? Take a look at things like layout, façade, intent, function, and form in that space. Go visit a sacred space, preferably one you have never visited before.What else can you think of that exists in your community that is a Sacred Space of some sort? There are likely Traditional Sacred Spaces of some sort. Take some time to consider what you might have in the way of Sacred Spaces in your community. ![]() Spiritual Places that have been imprinted over time, or have been historically seen as “sacred” a priori – set aside for the public good Memorial Sites – markers of an event or person, burial grounds, cemeteries, sites of conscience and memory Landscape Sites – sequestered spaces with natural features including water, trees, parkland which encourage quiet meditation and pause Gather, meet and enjoy community for the purposes of worship, liturgy and/or ritualĬivic Sites – engineered structures, secular in nature and scope – usually built by cities, state or government entities Traditional Sacred Space – A house of worship designed and built for a congregation to Their definition of a sacred space includes the following: During this the staff thought long and hard about what it is that makes a space sacred. The results of that journey is a curated selection which appears in their City Guides to Sacred Spaces in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, New Orleans, New York, Portland, Santa Fe and San Francisco (downloadable at pbs.org/godinamerica/outreach). Dedicated, set apart, exclusively appropriated to some person or some special purpose.”ĭuring the summer of 2010, PBS went on a quest to find sacred spaces in eight cities across America. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, one of the definitions of the word sacred is: ![]()
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