Under the Sign of the Cross : : The People’s Salvation Cathedral and the Church-Building Industry in Postsocialist Romania / / Giuseppe Tateo.
Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book delves into the thriving industry of religious infrastructure in Romania, where 4,000 Orthodox churches and cathedrals have been built in three decades. Following the construction of the world’s highest Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, the book bri...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Space and Place ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I. The Cathedral
- Chapter 1. The Cathedral and the People around It
- Chapter 2. The Actors
- Chapter 3. Controversies and Predicaments
- Chapter 4. Clergymen’s Authority and the Rise of Anticlericalism
- Part II. Churches, Crosses and a Mosque
- Chapter 5. Why and How Orthodox Churches Multiply in Bucharest and in Romania
- Chapter 6. One Symbol, Many Meanings: Th e Political Life of the Cross
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Houses of Worship in Romania, Updated to 31 December 2015
- Appendix 2 New Orthodox Cathedrals in Romania, 1990–2019
- References
- Index