The major religions of the world are:
Christianity, Hinduism, Buddism, Islam
All of these have different rituals which define their behaviour and activities during the day; praying, ablution, contemplation, meditation, even the manner in which they eat. How do we ensure that our design will be sensitive to these, but ensuring everyone is respectfull to each others beliefs, and non believers. Perhaps the eating area becomes a place where their beliefs are witheld temporarily to a communal belief of reconciliation. Action and ritual can assist in this.
"Rituals, not shared beliefs, provide the glue that holds together religious communities over a long period of time, says a Penn State sociologist.
"Members of a congregation may assume that they hold common religious beliefs, but it is religious ritual that creates and sustains continued fellowship," says Dr. Daniel B. Lee assistant professor of sociology at Penn State's DuBois Campus.
"This is a key point for understanding the social structure of religious communities and the relationship between ritual and belief," Lee notes. "While an individual may sincerely hold religious beliefs, a group does not have a common mind and cannot hold any belief. Faith becomes socially relevant through action. Until there is action, religion is socially meaningless." "
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