Armenian Christianity today : identity politics and popular practice
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Armenian Christianity today : identity politics and popular practice
Routledge, 2016, c2014
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"First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Armenian Christianity Today examines contemporary religious life and the social, political, and cultural functions of religion in the post-Soviet Republic of Armenia and in the Armenian Diaspora worldwide. Scholars from a range of countries and disciplines explore current trends and everyday religiosity, particularly within the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), and amongst Armenian Catholics, Protestants and vernacular religions. Themes examined include: Armenian grass-roots religiosity; the changing forms of regular worship and devotion; various types of congregational life; and the dynamics of social composition of both the clergy and lay believers. Exploring through the lens of Armenia, this book considers wider implications of 'postsecular' trends in the role of global religion.
Table of Contents
Introduction Alexander Agadjanian PART I: The Republic of Armenia: Religious Revival and Renewal 1 "One Nation, One Faith, One Church": The Armenian Apostolic Church and the Ethno-Religion in Post-Soviet Armenia Konrad Siekierski 2 Church, God and Society: Toward the Anthropology of Church Construction in Armenia Yulia Antonyan 3 Where Did We Come From? Creationism versus Evolution in Armenian Public Schools Satenik Mkrtchyan 4 The Religious Modernity of the Brotherhood: A New Face of Armenian Grassroots Christianity Alexander Agadjanian 5 Evangelical and Pentecostal Communities in Armenia: Negotiating Identity and Accommodation Anna Ohanjanyan PART II: Armenian Diasporas: Puzzles of Identity 6 Identity, Borders and Religious Belonging: Armenians between Two Spiritual Centers, Etchmiadzin and Cilicia Hovhannes Hovhannisyan 7 Venerating the Saints, Remembering the City: Armenian Memorial Practices and Community Formation in Contemporary Istanbul Christopher Sheklian 8 The Three Religions of Armenians in Lebanon Irina Papkova 9 The Chronotopes of the Armenian Diaspora in Romania: Religious Feasts and Shrines in the Making of Community Konrad Siekierski 10 Armenians in St. Petersburg: Belonging to the Church as a Key Marker of Ethnic Identity Anatolii Tokmantcev 11 Finger on the Pulse: Armenian Identity and Religiosity in Southern California Dyron Daughrity and Nicholas Cumming 12 Sanctuary, Community or Museum? The Apostolic Church in the Life-Worlds of a Sample of American Armenians
Sara Karkkainen Terian
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