Enciclopedia imaginariilor din Romania, volumul IV - Imaginar religios

This book looks at faith and sacred images in Romania. It starts with ancient cults. It then traces the many branches of Christianity. It shows how faiths help people explain the world. It also asks how faith shapes a group's sense of self. The study links a mix of cultures with mutual respect. It also links this mix with acceptance of difference.

This is a reference work for use in study. It covers the heritage of faith and of physical things. These include sacred sites, icons, stained glass and wall paintings. It also looks at Bibles, handwritten works and printed texts. It serves those who study faith and culture in Romania. It also serves those who study identity there.

This is volume four of Enciclopedia imaginariilor din Romania. The wider project draws on more than one field. It studies images and beliefs that people share. Its key terms include semantic basins and image clusters. It also uses cultural and linguistic fields, and fractal identity. It looks at how nations, places and groups define themselves. It sets these views within the exchange of cultures across Europe.

Ioan Chirilă leads the work on this volume. Corin Braga oversees the wider project. Chirilă was born in 1962. He teaches the Old Testament at Babeș-Bolyai University. He works in its Orthodox Theology Faculty in Cluj-Napoca. In 2021, this volume won a special prize. The prize came from the magazine Observator cultural.