Worship of Shrines in Armenia: Between Soviet and Post-Soviet Modernities
In this article, the author tries to trace the trajectories of Soviet and post-Soviet transformations of vernacular religiosity in Armenia, in particular, the cult of shrines. She argues that the cult of shrines and related manifestations of vernacular religion were consistently reconceptualized, fi...
| Published in: | Journal of religion in Europe |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2021, Volume: 14, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 367-391 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Armenia
/ Religion
/ Institution (Sociology)
/ Folk religion
/ Informelle Organisation
/ Archaism
/ Popular piety
/ Digitalization
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality KBK Europe (East) |
| Further subjects: | B
Armenia
B vernacular religion B Shrines B Soviet modernization B post-secularity |
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| Summary: | In this article, the author tries to trace the trajectories of Soviet and post-Soviet transformations of vernacular religiosity in Armenia, in particular, the cult of shrines. She argues that the cult of shrines and related manifestations of vernacular religion were consistently reconceptualized, first, in the period of Soviet secularization and modernization, and, secondly, in the period of post-Soviet and post-secular transformations of the Armenian society. The Soviet modernity led to ‘neo-archaization’ of vernacular religious practice by instrumentalizing some pre-institutional forms and manifestations of religiosity. The post-secular reconceptualization of vernacular religion draws upon new realities, such as mobile/virtual religiosity, new religious materiality, commodification and consumerism, and a new, modernized interplay between institutional and non-institutional dimensions of religion(s). |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8929 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748929-bja10059 |