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...
| Published in: | Space and place |
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| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
New York Oxford
Berghahn
2020
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| In: |
Space and place (Volume 18)
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| Series/Journal: | Space and place
Volume 18 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kathedrale der Erlösung des Volkes (Bucharest)
/ History
B Romania / Church building / Geschichte 1990- |
| Further subjects: | B
Church and state (Romance language area)
B Romance language area Politics and government 1989- B Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului (Bucharest, Romania) B Crosses Political aspects (Romance language area) B Church Architecture Political aspects (Romance language area) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "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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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1789208580 |