Religious transformations in modern societies are not merely a discursive or demographic
phenomenon, they also relate to religious architecture in urban space and affect the built …

Embedded in the paradigm of the “New Visibility of Religion,” this article addresses the
question of the significance of sacred buildings for public spaces.'Visibility'is conceived as …

Urban religion is in need of history. Looking at religious practices and religious change in
today's metropolises is seen increasingly as a task for historians of religion. On the one …

Urban history, at least in Germany, has mainly concentrated on the Medieval and
Reformation cities on the one hand and Industrial and Contemporary cities on the other …

In the last half century (pious) Muslims and their communities have become integral parts of
German cities. They are creative cultural producers and religiously inspired urban citizens …

The period of Late Antiquity is characterised by dramatic and even contradicting
developments, especially for the urban networks in the Mediterranean and beyond. On the …

So far religion has been seen as cause for dramatic developments in the history of cities, it
has contributed to the monumentalisation of centres and or has given importance to ex …

Throughout history, cities rather than rural areas have been places of religious activity. This
also applies to secularisation, ie “negative religious innovation.” Especially in Western …

Modern mosques in the West are all too often considered to be anachronistic pastiches of
authentic historical examples that are literally out of place in the Muslim diaspora. Whereas …

The background to this article is the debate on cities as post-secular and super-diverse. The
authors question that the concept of post-secular cities usefully sums up the complex …