The Role and Impact of Religion on the Architecture of Mosques and Churches

Salimi, Amineddin; Salimi, Aysegul Yurtyapan; Pilehvarian, Nuran Kara

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“…Besides the growing interest in cathedrals in scholarship in different contexts, different aspects of the cathedrals have been studied. For example, Salimi, Yurtyapan, and Kara (2016) acknowledge the religious influence on architecture, especially on the architecture of religious buildings, by observing that religion affects significantly in design and architecture of religious buildings. Similarly, Roca (2001) studied Gothic cathedrals as historical constructions with reference to their structural features and present conditions.…”

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The Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Zambian Church History

Mwale

2021

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Using the representations of the Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the media, this article retrieves the Cathedral’s role in public life in Zambian church history in order to tease out its significance in post-independence Zambia. In drawing on a case study and social capital theory, the article shows that the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, as a pre-independence religious building, was represented as a national house of worship, a heritage site and a political shrine. By this, it was a national worship space that played a role in hosting functions of varied nature, and a symbol of religious heritage. As a political shrine, the Cathedral was a space for guiding the nation and fostering reconciliation in the critical political moments of the country. These representations not only revealed the dynamics of the church’s role, but also closely aligned to the Cathedral’s social capital in public life through the intersection of the church and state relations in post-independence Zambia. The article argues that the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, although not a popular aspect of Zambian contemporary church history, was a religious, material cultural site and a space that allowed the church to contribute to post-independence church history in the country.

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The Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Zambian Church History

Mwale

2021

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Exploring the influence of religious elements on performance factors in developing countries: a case of the Ghanaian construction industry

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Adjei-Kumi

et al. 2020

IJPPM

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PurposeReligiousness is evident in every aspect of life, and its impact on construction project performance is undeniable. However, little has been done to fully understand the influences one's religiosity has on performance factors. This paper aims to explore the influence of religious elements on performance factors in the Ghanaian construction industry (GCI).Design/methodology/approachUsing a desk survey and closed-ended questionnaire, data were obtained from the three religious' bodies (Christianity, Islamic and Traditionalist) in Ghana. The analysis of the collected data was done using mean score ranking and regression analysis.FindingsIt was revealed that most of the religious bodies were aware of the presence of the seven factors identified for measuring construction project performance. The findings suggested that there was a significant and positive relationship between the religious elements (of all the three religions) and cost as well as schedule performance. Islam recorded the highest relationship in influencing public construction project performance relative to cost performances. Specifically, 1% increase in Islamic elements accounted for an 82.7% increase in cost performance. Traditionalists and the Christian religion had minimal significance in influencing cost performance. Furthermore, a 1% progress in Islamic elements accounted for a 45.8% increase in the schedule performance of construction projects and among construction professionals.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has provided better understanding of the religious views on project performance. This research has also provided pragmatic directions to project stakeholders to encourage religious groups to take critical look at the other performance factors that were seen not to be significant.Originality/valueThis paper represents a novel attempt to measure the influence of religious elements on project performance factors in the construction industry. A key contribution to the body of knowledge is that the study has proven that religious element has tendencies to influence cost performance and schedule performance in the construction industry.

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The Role and Impact of Religion on the Architecture of Mosques and Churches

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The Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Zambian Church History

The Anglican Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Zambian Church History

Exploring the influence of religious elements on performance factors in developing countries: a case of the Ghanaian construction industry

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