TODAY´S RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE IN DIALOGUE WITH CONTEMPORARY CULTURE

Abstract

The projection and creation of spaces for Christian worship has been a constant throughout the history of the Church and it is no less so in our days. Leaving quan-titative considerations out, contemporary man and culture continue to demand the construction of these spaces, adjusted to the condition of today’s world. Therefore, the Christian temple is called to draw points of encounter with the culture in which it is inserted. That is why in this work we review some of the aspects that have more intimately to do with the ad extra dimension of both the Church and the contempo-rary religious architecture itself. This requires that we consider our study oriented from the most strictly missionary key of the ecclesial community. Because, certainly, an increasingly globalized society demands that the catholicity of the Church be at its height. Thus, based on the essential missionary constitution of the Church, we address the importance that secularity and dialogue have for today’s religious architecture.