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245	0	0	_aArmenian christianity today : _bidentity politics and popular practice / _cedited by Alexander Agadjanian.
260			_aBurlington, VT : _bAshgate, _c2014.
300			_avi, 279 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aWith supercover.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aContents: 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.
520			_aArmenian 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.
610	2	4	_aArmenian Apostolic Church
650	1	4	_aArmenians _xEthnic identity
650	1	4	_aChristianity _zArmenia (Republic)
650	1	4	_aProtestants _zArmenia (Republic)
650	1	4	_aArmenians _xForeign countries
651		4	_aArmenia (Republic) _xReligion
700	1		_aAgadjanian, Alexander, _d1958- _4edt
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