Dreams of an Iconic Mosque: Spatial and Temporal Entanglements of a Converted Church in Amsterdam

This article focuses on the making of iconicity through religious architecture in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Examining the Fatih Mosque housed in a former Catholic church in the city center, we show in what ways the efforts at making this mosque iconic are shaped by the building's iconic field...

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Authors: Beekers, Daan (Author) ; Tamimi Arab, Pooyan 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
In: Material religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Pages: 137-164
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Amsterdam / Church building / Iconism / Mosque / Interreligiosity
RelBib Classification:AX Inter-religious relations
BJ Islam
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KBD Benelux countries
Further subjects:B Mosques
B The Netherlands
B Religious architecture
B Islam
B iconic field
B converted churches
B Entanglement
B Iconicity
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