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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tateo, Giuseppe (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2020.
Series:Space and place ; v. 18.
Subjects:
Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului (Bucharest, Romania)
Since 1989
Church and state > Romania.
Church architecture > Political aspects > Romania.
Crosses > Political aspects > Romania.
Église et État > Roumanie.
Architecture chrétienne > Aspect politique > Roumanie.
RELIGION / Christianity / Orthodox.
RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State
Church and state.
Church architecture > Political aspects.
Politics and government.
Romania > Politics and government > 1989-
Romania.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Cathedral
  • 1. The cathedral and the people around It
  • 2. The actors
  • 3. Controversies and predicaments
  • 4. Clergymen's authority and the rise of anticlericalism
  • Part II. Churches, Crosses and a Mosque
  • 5. Why and how Orthodox churches multiply in Bucharest and in Romania
  • 6. One symbol, many meanings
  • Conclusion.

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