Overview
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.
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Author: Alexander Agadjanian
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.680kg
ISBN: 9781472412713
ISBN 10: 1472412710
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 10 October 2014
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Armenia provides one of the most fascinating instances of the seeming fusion of nation and church, and contemporary Armenia combines a post-Soviet desecularisation , especially with regard to public space and building, with an internal secularisation by national sentiment. This study of both the homeland and the numerically larger diaspora provides a rich and subtle sociological commentary on the myths and the realities.'David Martin, Fellow of the British Academy and Professor Emeritus of Sociology, London School of Economics, UK'Armenian Christianity Today contains glimpses of the complex mosaic of the present-day Armenian religious worldview and practices. Christianity, adopted far back in time, and often perceived as a stable ethno-religion, is discussed in its multifaceted and multifunctional manifestations: from identity-preserving, social-political and transnational functions to parallel realities of folk Christianity.'Levon Abrahamian, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
"'Armenia provides one of the most fascinating instances of the seeming fusion of nation and church, and contemporary Armenia combines a post-Soviet ""desecularisation"", especially with regard to public space and building, with an internal secularisation by national sentiment. This study of both the ""homeland"" and the numerically larger diaspora provides a rich and subtle sociological commentary on the myths and the realities.' David Martin, Fellow of the British Academy and Professor Emeritus of Sociology, London School of Economics, UK 'Armenian Christianity Today contains glimpses of the complex mosaic of the present-day Armenian religious worldview and practices. Christianity, adopted far back in time, and often perceived as a stable ethno-religion, is discussed in its multifaceted and multifunctional manifestations: from identity-preserving, social-political and transnational functions to parallel realities of folk Christianity.' Levon Abrahamian, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia 'This book in an important resource for anyone interested in the paradoxes of desecularisation in the countries of the some time Soviet bloc and for the debates over nationalism and religion associated with major scholars like Anthony Smith.' Journal of Contemporary Religion"
Author Information
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).
