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completely undifferentiated. See Wynn, Faith and Place, which explores the question.

      18. Whereas Jewish tradition conceives the world as a series of concentric circles of decreasing holiness, Islam recognizes the elevated sanctity of three locations: the Great Mosque in Mecca, the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. By comparison, Christianity has never promulgated a similar view of inherently distinct sacred space.

      19. Hughes, In Search of a Way, 50.

      20. Quoted in Appleton, The Oxford Book of Prayer, 7.