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...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Space and place |
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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Veröffentlicht: |
New York Oxford
Berghahn
2020
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| In: |
Space and place (Volume 18)
Jahr: 2020 |
| Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift: | Space and place
Volume 18 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Kathedrale der Erlösung des Volkes (Bucharest)
/ History
B Romania / Church building / Geschichte 1990- |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | 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) |
| Parallele Ausgabe: | Elektronisch
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| Zusammenfassung: | "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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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1789208580 |