Sacred Temple Research Paper

Every city around the world has had a tragic or violent event occur. From natural disasters, such as hurricanes or tornadoes, murders, or freak accidents. When events that cause destruction, physically or emotionally, a decision must be made about what to do with the location of the event. Said space is either memorialized as a remembrance of what occurred or it is destroyed to attempt to wipe it from existence. A sacred space is defined as an area worthy of reverence that promotes reminiscent respect. Although, hearing the phrase sacred space may seem to incorporate religious ties to a place, it does not necessarily only reference a religious history. For example: Mount Sanai in Egypt, the National D Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, and the 9/11 Memorial in New York, New York. The previously mentioned examples range from religious, militant, and political spaces.

Four years ago, I was that kid sitting in the pue on a Sunday morning wishing I was not there. I only went to church because Mom made me. I had no other reason for

There was nothing to do. I saw her and that was that. I met her and then she was gone. She walked out of my life like a gust of wind that passes by, unnoticed. I loved her, at least I thought I loved her. I couldn’t stop thinking about her curly dark hair, the way she talked, and the way she moved when she walked swinging her arms so freely. Who will tell her how my heart feels? She told me things that I didn’t want to hear. She said that she didn’t belong to no one. A drug dealer had been her boyfriend since she was eighteen. He had given her everything, everything I couldn’t give her. “Then, he was shot, murdered, dead. The cons had taken over the plaza where he distributed drugs.” she said. “The remains of his body were found inside a black construction plastic-bag. When powerful drug cartels take over, everyone else dies. Not just a normal death, a cruel death. They make sure no one else dares to mess with their territory. That’s how it is. That’s fricking Mexico.” She blew a cloud of smoke and looked at me with those black-miserable eyes.

Throughout my life, I have impacted the lives of few people. Growing up around non-Christian relatives it was hard to express my faith around people who never heard about God. Although it was a challenge for me, I was able to reach out to one my closest cousins.

The overarching theme in the sacred spaces that were discussed in this course was the role of religion. All the sacred spaces had a religious purpose or meaning behind them. Although the cultures’ sacred spaces differed in the forms of religion (or the God they praised), the cultures’ sacred spaces remained the same in that they all had some form of religious reasoning. Also, the religious purpose or demonstration varied from each culture. The culures’ sacred spaces that will be compared include; Ancient Mesopotamian, Ancient Egyptian, Minoan, Ancient Greek, Andean, Maya, and Uluru.

The Watergate Scandal, McCarthyism, Oil Embargo, and the Vietnam War caused so much social upheaval in 70’s America, many looked for answers to these problems and shied away from answers from their government, instead finding help with one another in their communities. Religion was one direction Americans took for finding the answers they were looking for, and Rev. Jim Jones of the People’s Temple took advantage of this and changed the lives of many. People saw him as the answer to all their problems, and maybe even the world’s problems, a beacon of hope you may say. The People’s Temple was seen as a religious group or symbol, but it was nothing else but a group hiding its traits as a cult.

In 1955, People’s Temple was founded by James Warren Jones also known as Jim Jones. It originated in Indianapolis, Indiana. Many people around that time period were still unwelcoming to interracial events, and thought that People’s Temple was a progressive group. In fact Jones’ family was racially mixed, he had a biological son, also adopted two Asian and an African American children. A large different demographic range of people were attracted to this organization. Then Jones had an idea of going to more progressive state and found land in Ukiah, California. Many people were drawn to the organization because Jones talked about what they were passion about such like as interracial issues, and poor. "He preached a 'social gospel' of human freedom, equality, and love, which required helping the least and the

When I first pulled up to the Won Buddhist Temple, it was sort of what I had expected. Being that the original Buddha was a human, I did not expect an elaborate building, such as the Hindu temple. I did not have a clear picture in my mind about what the temple would look like, but I did picture a smaller and simpler-looking building. One of the most pleasantly surprising aspects I noticed at the beginning of the visit was how those at the temple were of all different ages, races, and genders. Seeing this made me more excited for the service because it showed that the teachings were something that appealed to a wide range of people.

Due to its government systems, legal systems, religious beliefs and systems, economic systems, urban culture, and writing and history, Ancient India was a very complex civilization. Ancient India lasted from 400,000 BC to 1000 AD. The Ancient Indian civilization first began in India, which is located in South Asia. Some of the world’s largest religions originated in Ancient India, such as Hinduism and Buddhism. Ancient India was one of the most compound civilizations in the world.

The archives found in the area depicts that the people of the Ur district worshiped many Gods. However, it can be deduced that the major God that the people of Ur worshiped was the Nanna or the Moon God. As mentioned above, the city of Ur was divided into two areas, namely, common district and the sacred place. The sacred place has a large monument or massive brickwork which is called the temple of Sin or the god of the moon. This monument was erected by the king of Ur about 4000 years ago. The temple was made in a series of platforms, one platform on top of another. The people of Ur assumed that the God lived at the third platform. In the common district, there were a large number of marketplaces, schools, libraries, homes and conveniences.

The once unified India then entered a fragmented period and became disunified as independent states are founded. Even with disunity, India’s trade and, coinage, art, literature, and scientific advances caused the country to continue to flourish. The Maurya dynasty continued to fall after the murder of Ashoka’s great grandson Dasaratha by his general Pushyabhuti. This established the rule of the Shunga dynasty, but it wasn’t strong enough to maintain the empire. Many regions became their own independent states creating diversity with states within north, central, and south India. Even with disunity, the new states created diversity and different culture to India.

The Luxor Temple is located in modern day Luxor, which used to be the capital of ancient Egypt, Thebes . This majestic temple was created under the rule of Amenhotep III ; however, King Tut, Horemheb, as well as Rameses II all contributed to the creation of this temple. It was created for Egypt's most religious festival; the Opet festival. This festival commemorated the God Amon, Mut, his partner, and Khons. These Gods went on a religious expedition from the Luxor temple to the Karnak temple. Furthermore, the entrance of this temple contains 6 large statues of Rameses II. However, 4 of them are demolished. In addition, a 25 metre granite obelisk stands near the entrance. In general, the Luxor temple is a must visit if you visit

The Temple Mount has been known to humanity for thousands of years, as the place of:

In this tour we visit the cape of Sounio and the ancient temple of Poseidon. Sounio is on the southest edge of the Attica region. It is about 1 hour and 15' far from the center of Athens. We follow a beautiful road trip close to coast. When we reach Sounio you will meet this charming site with clear waters, sandy beaches and rocky cliffs.

Religion, mythology and rituals are means to express the placement of humans within different societies in the world. They constitute consciousness and society-cultural values.Architecture is a fundamental act to express such purposes. It is a deliberate human creation to reflect beliefs of a particular culture or to preserve the history of such cultures. Therefore, sacred architecture is a manifestation of architecture expressing meaning associated with human existence at its deepest most fundamental level.