Hellige bygninger på grænsefladen i dansk kommunalpolitik

Resumé

Physical space is challenged on the basis of aesthetic, ideological, religious, environmental and economic perspectives. Buildings and structures play a prominent role in the competition for recognition between social groups. Especially church structures have historically represented a city’s vision for dynamic growth, status, and innovation. With migration and new religious movements’ establishment in Denmark, the need for new sacred buildings has been significant. In the article I analyze the attempts to establish religious buildings in public space in Denmark by two different religious groups. Both attempts ended in conflict with the surrounding society. In both cases, the local council’s option of using the Planning Act to develop a local development plan plays an important role for the possibility of religious organizations to build, for the building location as well as the building’s appearance within the Danish model of religion.

Fysiske rum anfægtes ud fra æstetiske, ideologiske, religiøse, miljømæssige og økonomiske perspektiver. Bygninger og bygningsværker spiller en fremtrædende rolle i konkurrencen om anerkendelse mellem sociale grupper. Historisk har især kirkekonstruktioner repræsenteret en vision for dynamisk vækst, status og for innovation. Med migration og nye religiøse bevægelsers etablering i Danmark er behovet for nye hellige bygninger blevet signifikant. Artiklen analyserer to cases, hvori to religiøse gruppers forsøg på at etablere religiøse bygninger i det offentlige rum i Danmark er endt i konflikt med det omgivende samfund. I begge sager spiller planlovens muligheder for en kommunalbestyrelse til at udarbejde lokalplaner en vigtig rolle for de religiøse organisationers mulighed for inden for den danske religionsmodel at bygge, for byggeriets placering samt for byggeriets udseende