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...

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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2021
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Jahr: 2021, Band: 14, Heft: 3/4, Seiten: 367-391
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Armenien / Religion / Institution (Soziologie) / Volksreligion / Informelle Organisation / Archaismus / Volksfrömmigkeit / Digitalisierung
RelBib Classification:AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
KBK Osteuropa
weitere Schlagwörter:B Armenia
B vernacular religion
B Shrines
B Soviet modernization
B post-secularity
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Zusammenfassung: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).
ISSN:1874-8929
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-bja10059