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Under the sign of the cross : the people's salvation cathedral and the church-building industry in postsocialist Romania /
"Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book investigates the construction of the world's highest Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, Romania. Through the notion of re-consecration, the book brings together sociological and anthropological scholarship on eastern Christianity, seculari...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2020.
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| Colección: | Space and place ;
v. 18. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book investigates the construction of the world's highest Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, Romania. Through the notion of re-consecration, the book brings together sociological and anthropological scholarship on eastern Christianity, secularization, post-socialist urban change and nationalism in a vivid account of societal transformation. The book identifies the structures of political and economic power, which allowed its fast construction, and why the state wanted such a religious revival of the urban space"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 243 pages) : olor illustrations, maps (some color). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781789208597 1789208599 |