The Church In-Between: Armenian Catholics in Post-Soviet Armenia and Georgia
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https://doi.org/10.22394/2073-7203-2016-34-2-310-330Keywords:
Armenian Catholic Church, religious identity, national identity, in-betweenness, armenia, georgiaAbstract
This paper examines the recent history and current situation of the Armenian Catholic Church from the vantage point of its in-betweenness. The Armenian Catholics' liminal position in-between the particularity and exclusiveness of the Armenian Christianity and the inclusiveness and expansionism of the Roman Catholicism have created diverse, often contradictory, politics of identity construction and representation; of cultural absorption and resistance; and of belonging and alienation. The paper takes a closer look at these politics at work in formulating, negotiating, and challenging a distinct character of this strand of Christianity in post-Soviet Armenia and Georgia, where a large portion of Armenian Catholics live and where the Armenian Catholic Church came back to existence after it was banned for over six decades in the Soviet Union.Downloads
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