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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Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
Langue: | Anglais |
Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Publié: |
New York Oxford
Berghahn
2020
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Dans: |
Space and place (Volume 18)
Année: 2020 |
Collection/Revue: | Space and place
Volume 18 |
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Kathedrale der Erlösung des Volkes (Bukarest)
/ Histoire
B Rumänien / Église / Geschichte 1990- |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Crosses
Political aspects (Romania)
B Catedrala Mântuirii Neamului (Bucharest, Romania) B Church Architecture Political aspects (Romania) B Romania Politics and government 1989- B Church and state (Romania) |
Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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Résumé: | "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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Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: | 1789208580 |