Ma`rifat Adyan

Religious constructions have a common goal in various religions: creating a spiritual space for prayer. This work takes place in the shadow of religious beliefs and the support of each religion and it appears in unique forms. The purpose of this research is to compare the physical space of the church and the mosque based on the anthropological foundations of Christianity and Islam. The main issue here is to find a meaningful relationship between the position of human in the teachings of Christianity and Islam, and the physical space of the church and the mosque; and how this connection can be used to reveal the hidden and effective aspects and factors on the formation of the physical space of the church and the mosque. My research method is descriptive-analytical and using a library research method, I have collected the information from the sacred texts and religious sources of the two religions. In addition, the physical space of "Gothic" churches and the mosques of the "School of Isfahan", as examples of the most prominent schools of religious architecture, form the body of this research. Based on the findings of my research, the architecture of the church emphasizes the distance and greatness of the Lord and his dominion over the sinful and polluted servant, while the architecture of the mosque seeks this greatness in the unity between God and the pure worshiper.