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Abstract
ABSTRACT. In order to view the establishment of new religions centers and how they are received by local populations, I analyze such basic geographical concepts as scale, space, location, and image. I see how these can alter the perception and further refine the concept of spatial transgression in three case studies in Israel: the building of the Mormon Center in Jerusalem, the establishment of the Bahá‘í Gardens in Haifa, and the struggle to build a mosque in Nazareth. In this article I seek to identify the factors influencing the presence or absence of conflict to help explain the different “stories” revealed. The article also constitutes an addition to the literature on Israeli (and Palestinian) religiogeographical controversies by focusing on nonmainstream or nondominant cases and by comparing the relative roles of different factors that shape the success or failure of spatial transgressions in religious geography.
* I wish to extend special thanks to Aharon Kellerman and Nurit Kliot, who reviewed the various drafts of this article and encouraged me all along. The anonymous reviewers and the Geographical Review's editor deserve my grateful thanks for repeated reviews and help in shaping the fixed product.
1 Dr. Collins‐Kreiner is a lecturer in geography at the University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel.
* I wish to extend special thanks to Aharon Kellerman and Nurit Kliot, who reviewed the various drafts of this article and encouraged me all along. The anonymous reviewers and the Geographical Review's editor deserve my grateful thanks for repeated reviews and help in shaping the fixed product.
1 Dr. Collins‐Kreiner is a lecturer in geography at the University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel.
Notes
* I wish to extend special thanks to Aharon Kellerman and Nurit Kliot, who reviewed the various drafts of this article and encouraged me all along. The anonymous reviewers and the Geographical Review's editor deserve my grateful thanks for repeated reviews and help in shaping the fixed product.
1 Dr. Collins‐Kreiner is a lecturer in geography at the University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel.
