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Informationen zum Autor Donald E. Miller is Professor of Religion and Director of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California and author of Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the New Millennium (California! 1997) and The Case for Liberal Christianity (1981)! among other books. Lorna Touryan Miller is Director of the Office for Creative Connections at All Saints Church in Pasadena! California. The Millers coauthored Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide (California! 1993). Jerry Berndt has taught photography at the Art Institute of Boston and the University of Massachusetts. He recieved a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1987! and work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the International Center of Photography! New York; the Museum of Fine Arts! Boston; and the Bibliothèque Nationale! Paris. Klappentext "Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope provides a moving testimony to the indomitable spirit and the character of the Armenian people. Both the text and the photos bespeak their courage and strength. This book will ennoble and inspire all who read it."-David Ellenson! president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion "Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope is an extraordinary journey into the traumatic condition the Republic of Armenia has endured during the past 15 years. Donald and Lorna Touryan Miller put before us! in an elegant and unsentimental way! the voices of Armenian citizens as they discuss their struggles with natural disaster! massacre! war! and the ensuing Turkish and Azeri blockade of their country. In the depth and texture of these voices! the Millers have captured the agony and the resilience of human being as they struggle to keep their ancient civilization alive in its new era. Every citizen of the planet will want to read this book." -Peter Balakian! author of Black Dog of Fate Zusammenfassung Documenting the lives of Armenians since the early 1980s, this text is based on interviews with 300 Armenians and brings together firsthand testimony about the social, economic and spiritual circumstances of Armenians during this era when the country faced an earthquake, pogroms and war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Massive Destruction The 1988 Earthquake 2. Random Violence Pogroms in Azerbaijan 3. Fighting for Survival The War of Independence in Nagorno-Karabakh 4. Surviving the Winter Paying the Price for Independence 5. "We Live with Hope" Reflections on Conditions in Armenia 6. Concluding Reflections The Meaning of Being Human Epilogue Ten Years after Independence Appendix 1: Research Methodology Appendix 2: Interview Guide Appendix 3: List of Interviewees Bibliography Index ...
