ABSTRACT
We argue for the development of an analysis of religious architecture that avoids onedimensional or determinist readings of the role of spatial forms in worship. This chapter focuses on two case studies of Nonconformist architecture, involving Charismatic and Quaker building styles, and explores the complex interrelationships between forms of ritual, theological assumptions, surveillance of others and scrutiny of the self that are evident in both examples. Charismatics and Quakers are also shown to express ways in which ideologically to transform ‘place’ into ‘space’.
