Armenian christianity today :  identity politics and popular practice / 
edited by Alexander Agadjanian. 
 - Burlington, VT :  Ashgate,  2014. 
 - vi, 279 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> With supercover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Introduction, Alexander Agadjanian. Part I The Republic of Armenia: Religious Revival and Renewal: 'One nation, one faith, one church': the Armenian apostolic church and the ethno-religion in post-Soviet Armenia, Konrad Siekierski; Church, God, and society: toward the anthropology of church construction in Armenia, Yulia Antonyan; Where did we come from? Creationism versus evolution in Armenian public schools, Satenik Mkrtchyan; The religious modernity of the brotherhood: a new face of Armenian grassroots christianity, Alexander Agadjanian; Evangelical and pentecostal communities in Armenia: negotiating identity and accommodation, Anna Ohanjanyan. Part II Armenian Diasporas: Puzzles of Identity: Identity, borders, and religious belonging: Armenians between two spiritual centers, Etchmiadzin and Cilicia, Hovhannes Hovhannisyan; Venerating the saints, remembering the city: Armenian memorial practices and community formation in contemporary Istanbul, Christopher Sheklian; The three religions of Armenians in Lebanon, Irina Papkova; The chronotopes of the Armenian diaspora in Romania: religious feasts and shrines in the making of community, Konrad Siekierski; Armenians in St. Petersburg: belonging to the church as a key marker of ethnic identity, Anatolyii Tokmantcev; Finger on the pulse: Armenian identity and religiosity in southern California, Dyron Daughrity and Nicholas Cumming; Sanctuary, community of museum? The apostolic church in the life-world of a sample of American Armenians, Sara Karkkainen Terian. Index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781472412713 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Armenian Apostolic Church
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Armenians--Ethnic identity<br/>Christianity--Armenia (Republic)<br/>Protestants--Armenia (Republic)<br/>Armenians--Foreign countries
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Armenia (Republic)--Religion