Chapter 11: Knowledge Assets, Spaces, and Places for Worship and Spirituality

In this chapter, the authors explore the knowledge assets, spaces, and places of worship and spirituality as second spaces. The authors consider the common elements of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, meeting houses, and shrines. The blueprint of a mosque serves as an archetype for spatial syntax analysis. The value of religious knowledge and moments in a knowledge society is also discussed.