God's Architecture
God's Architecture In previous blogs I have discussed the notion of making place by marking the ground. I don't believe that there is a more significant form of this than in religious architecture. There are two types of religious places, ones which have occurred naturally such as certain mountains and rivers or man made religious sites. This applies to architecture, as it is architects (and I use the term here as people who designed a building, and note solely the profession) who designed these magnificent structures. For an example of natural architecture in religion you could look at the yew tree and its significance to pagan people. They believed that yew trees were places where sacred spirits resided. It is most common to see yew trees adjacent to Christian churches. Trees can be seen as the buildings of nature, they provide homes and generate things such as oxygen and compost. You could compare trees to modern eco homes and how they both provide shelter but also give b