Armenian Christianity Today Identity Politics and Popular Practice [Hardcover]

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.

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
Hovhannel“