Armenian Christianity Today
Subtitle: Identity Politics and Popular Practice
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781472412713
Subjects: Armenian church; Christianity; Protestants; Armenia (republic), social life and customs; Armenians, foreign countries
Description: 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.