Modern Typologies as Spaces of Inter-Religious Engagement in British-Mandate Jerusalem, 1917-1938
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5144631 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Inbal Ben-Asher Gitler (0000-0001-9748-9129, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1490 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel15121490 |
| OpenAlex | W4405112931 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
The architecture of Jerusalem has for centuries been defined by its being a space sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The end of World War I marked the beginning of British Mandatory rule, which lasted until 1948. During this period, Jerusalem witnessed a proliferation of architectural projects that repositioned religion within modern typologies representing the city's communities. This research investigates four such buildings: the British Rockefeller Museum, the Palestinian Palace Hotel, the American YMCA Building, which functioned as a community center and hostel, and the new Zionist Executive Building. The integration of religious elements into these edifices is examined using the concept of inter-religious engagement and by applying the theory of purification and hybridization. The research demonstrates that British and American Christians, Zionist Jews, and Muslim Palestinians, used different strategies to produce inter-religious engagement-either intentionally or because of British-dictated political constructs. British and American Christians embedded religious elements within modern typologies to reflect peaceful co-existence, while Zionist Jews and Muslim Palestinians used them to construct national identity. Although conceived as "purely" secular, these modern typologies were hybridized by the integration of religious spaces or emblems, revealing further dimensions to our understanding and assessment of 20th-century urban secular architecture and its intersection with religions
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Christianity · Emblem · Islam · Judaism · Mandate · Political science · Politics · Religious identity · Secularism · Social science · Sociology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Architecture
Synagogues in the Islamic World
Building a Public Judaism
The Development of the Hotel and Tourism Industry in the Twentieth Century
Architectural Culture in British-Mandate Jerusalem, 1917-1948
Ottoman Brothers
Ordinary Jerusalem, 1840-1940
Reading Ottoman Architecture through Modernist Lenses
Defining Neighbors
Religious Politics in Mandate Palestine
Innovation and 19 th century hotel industry evolution
The ‘Community’ Center and the Social Construction of Citizenship
The formation of Palestinian collective identities
Oriental Neighbors
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and Its Congregation
Religion, Space, and Place
The Secular Realm as Interfaith Space
Geography, colonialism and town planning
Modernity and the hybridization of nationalism and religion
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |