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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Auteur principal: Antonyan, Yowlia (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2021
Dans: Journal of religion in Europe
Année: 2021, Volume: 14, Numéro: 3/4, Pages: 367-391
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Armenien / Religion / Institution (Sociologie) / Religion populaire / Informelle Organisation / Archaïsme / Religiosité populaire / Numérisation
RelBib Classification:AG Vie religieuse
CB Spiritualité chrétienne
KBK Europe de l'Est
Sujets non-standardisés:B Armenia
B vernacular religion
B Shrines
B Soviet modernization
B post-secularity
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Résumé: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
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-bja10059