ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I use a double name: multibelief/multifaith spaces (MBS/ MFS). Multifaith spaces (MFS) is most commonly (or even exclusively) found in specialized literature (but also in real life), but from a theoreti cal point of view, it poses the problem of including the term ‘faith,’ whose strong religious (and Christian) implication may perhaps not be acceptable to all possible users of these spaces (e.g. in nonWestern or nonChristian contexts). The term multibelief spaces (MBS) seeks to be more inclusive and to satisfy both religious and nonreligious users. Other names such as quiet rooms or rooms of silence do not thoroughly encompass the activi ties of worship that will be performed in them – some of which cannot be described as quiet or silent. The theoretically focused reflections proposed in this chapter (trying to avoid religiocentric positions as a key attitude) are based on the experience and the challenge of producing an official guide for the design and implementation of MBS/MFS in Spanish public centres (Díez de Velasco 2011; also Díez de Velasco 2012a for an essay of typology of MBS/MFS in the Spanish case).
