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 Hovhannes Hovhannisyan 7 Venerating the Saints, Remembering the City: Armenian Memorial Practices and Community Formation in Contemporary Istanbul Christopher Sheklian 8 The Three Religions of Armenians in Lebanon Irina Papkova 9 The Chronotopes of the Armenian Diaspora in Romania: Religious Feasts and Shrines in the Making of Community Konrad Siekierski 10 Armenians in St. Petersburg: Belonging to the Church as a Key Marker of Ethnic Identity Anatolii Tokmantcev 11 Finger on the Pulse: Armenian Identity and Religiosity in Southern California Dyron Daughrity and Nicholas Cumming 12 Sanctuary, Community or Museum? The Apostolic Church in the Life-Worlds of a Sample of American Armenians
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