Worshipping with the fourfold at the temple complex at Delphi, Greece, the Inner Shrine at Ise, Japan, and St. Peter's Basilica at Rome

Abstract

The aim of this article is to critique Martin Heidegger’s fourfold as a static concept and to reformulate it as a dynamic concept to be applied as a criterion to assess the architectural excellence of the temple complex of Apollo at Delphi, Greece, and the Inner Shinto Shrine at Ise, Japan, both exemplifying nature religions, as well as the Basilica of St. Peter’s in Rome, the most influential Christian church.Die doel met hierdie artikel is om Martin Heidegger se viervoud as ’n statiese konsep te kritiseer en as ’n dinamiese konsep te herformuleer, wat dan toegepas word as ’n kriterium vir die beoordeling van die argitektoniese meriete van die tempelkompleks van Apollo by Delphi, Griekeland, en die Shintobinneheiligdom by Ise, Japan, wat albei natuurgodsdienste beliggaam, asook die Petrusbasilika in Rome, die invloedrykste Christelike kerk.