ABSTRACT
Religious structures have always been formed to shape the spiritual experience of the celebrants who created and used them. It is no accident that the cavernous high ceilings of large cathedrals can make humans feel small; it is to remind humans of their place in the cosmos in relation to their god. Places and architecture, as well as being shaped by people were, and are, created to shape what people do, and how they do it (Rapoport 1990). But buildings do not just shape action: they are a part of affect, defining and shaping who people are and how they navigate their particular entanglements in the world.
