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 Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.

• 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

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 Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.

• 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

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 Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.

• 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