Alexander Agadjanian

Armenian Christianity Today (eBook, ePUB)

Identity Politics and Popular Practice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317178569
• Artikelnr.: 49353906

Autorenporträt

Alexander Agadjanian is a professor at the Center for the Study of Religion at the Russian State University for Humanities and has taught at a number of institutions in Russia, central Europe and the USA. His research interests include a wide range of topics on religion and modernity, approached from historical, sociological and anthropological perspectives. His areas of specialization have been first Southeast Asia and later post-Soviet Eastern Europe and Eurasia. He edited a few books in Russian, including a volume on religion and secularism; on current religious practices in Russia; and the studies of Russian Orthodox congregations. He was a co-editor of the volume 'Eastern Orthodoxy in a Global Age' (AltaMira Press, 2006) and of a special issue 'Evangelical, Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches in Latin America and Eastern Europe.' (Religion, State and Society, Vol. 40 (1), 2012).

Inhaltsangabe

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 Kärkkäinen Terian