Under the Sign of the Cross

Giuseppe Tateo is postdoctoral fellow at the New Europe College of Bucharest. He specializes in the anthropology of postsocialist Romania, Eastern Christianity and urban anthropology.

“This is an interesting, informative and topical book that makes a significant contribution to the anthropological literature on urban built spaces, lived religion, and post-communist Romania.” Lavinia Stan, St. Francis Xavier University“The book significantly advances our understanding of Orthodox Christianity and its post-socialist revival, contemporary East European society, the social life of architecture, and urban spatial symbolism and contestation.” Christoph Brumann, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsNotes on TextIntroductionPart I: The CathedralChapter 1. The Cathedral and the People Around itChapter 2. The ActorsChapter 3. Controversies and PredicamentsChapter 4. Clergymen's Authority and the Rise of AnticlericalismPart II: Churches, Crosses, and a MosqueChapter 5. Why and How Orthodox Churches Multiply in Bucharest and in RomaniaChapter 6. One Symbol, Many Meanings: The Political Life of the CrossConclusion: When Religion Is Not Just about the ReligiousAppendix 1: Houses of worship in Romania, updated to 31-12-2015Appendix 2: New Orthodox cathedrals in Romania, 1990-2019ReferencesIndex