Zhang, Yi (2023)
From Houses of Worship to Worship in Houses: The Social Construction of Sacred Places in Early 21st Century China.
Technische Universität Darmstadt
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00026356
Dissertation, Erstveröffentlichung, Verlagsversion
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
While the concept of worship in houses can be traced back to the Christian house church places in Dura Europos between 233 and 256 AD during the Roman Empire, after the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, this kind of church spaces began to appear all across the country. Characterized by the absence of a formal iconic church building or interior, existing types of secular architectural spaces (apartments, offices, basements, etc.) were rented by the Christian community and converted into sacred spaces. Space is susceptible to manipulations caused by human actions. Now what happens if space is manipulated to house not merely a different function but transcendence? As French Marxist philosopher and sociologist Henri Lefebvre's argument in The Production of Space (1991), space is not only a social product but also a complex social construction, based on values and the social production of meanings, which affects spatial practices and perceptions. An existing space, he says, may outlive its original purpose and the raison d'étre which initially determined its forms, functions, and structures; it may thus, in a sense, become vacant and susceptible to being diverted, re-appropriated, and utilized for a different purpose than its original intent. With my analysis of the worship places of urban house churches in early 21st-century China from the perspective of urban context and architectural space (foregrounded by the development of informal church space in the historical context of Chinese society and politics), this research shows how religious metaphors function as the productive mediators in the process of knowledge transfer between architectural and other professional discourses by bringing back social imagination to the politically neutral spaces of every day; de facto reconstructing the social through transduction of the metaphor of informal spaces.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Dissertation | ||||
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| Erschienen: | 2023 | ||||
| Autor(en): | Zhang, Yi | ||||
| Art des Eintrags: | Erstveröffentlichung | ||||
| Titel: | From Houses of Worship to Worship in Houses: The Social Construction of Sacred Places in Early 21st Century China | ||||
| Sprache: | Englisch | ||||
| Referenten: | Lorch, Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang ; Meister, Dr. Anna-Maria | ||||
| Publikationsjahr: | 5 Dezember 2023 | ||||
| Ort: | Darmstadt | ||||
| Kollation: | viii, 312 Seiten | ||||
| Datum der mündlichen Prüfung: | 17 Oktober 2023 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.26083/tuprints-00026356 | ||||
| URL / URN: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/26356 | ||||
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | While the concept of worship in houses can be traced back to the Christian house church places in Dura Europos between 233 and 256 AD during the Roman Empire, after the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, this kind of church spaces began to appear all across the country. Characterized by the absence of a formal iconic church building or interior, existing types of secular architectural spaces (apartments, offices, basements, etc.) were rented by the Christian community and converted into sacred spaces. Space is susceptible to manipulations caused by human actions. Now what happens if space is manipulated to house not merely a different function but transcendence? As French Marxist philosopher and sociologist Henri Lefebvre's argument in The Production of Space (1991), space is not only a social product but also a complex social construction, based on values and the social production of meanings, which affects spatial practices and perceptions. An existing space, he says, may outlive its original purpose and the raison d'étre which initially determined its forms, functions, and structures; it may thus, in a sense, become vacant and susceptible to being diverted, re-appropriated, and utilized for a different purpose than its original intent. With my analysis of the worship places of urban house churches in early 21st-century China from the perspective of urban context and architectural space (foregrounded by the development of informal church space in the historical context of Chinese society and politics), this research shows how religious metaphors function as the productive mediators in the process of knowledge transfer between architectural and other professional discourses by bringing back social imagination to the politically neutral spaces of every day; de facto reconstructing the social through transduction of the metaphor of informal spaces. |
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| Status: | Verlagsversion | ||||
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-263568 | ||||
| Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 200 Religion > 230 Theologie, Christentum 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie 700 Künste und Unterhaltung > 720 Architektur |
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| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 15 Fachbereich Architektur 15 Fachbereich Architektur > Fachgruppe C: Konstruktion 15 Fachbereich Architektur > Fachgruppe C: Konstruktion > Entwerfen und Baugestaltung |
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| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 05 Dez 2023 12:54 | ||||
| Letzte Änderung: | 07 Dez 2023 05:52 | ||||
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| Referenten: | Lorch, Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang ; Meister, Dr. Anna-Maria | ||||
| Datum der mündlichen Prüfung / Verteidigung / mdl. Prüfung: | 17 Oktober 2023 | ||||
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