List of publications on a keyword: «denomination»

The article considers the essence and content of the concept of "religious traditionalism" from the point of view of modern social philosophy. The work focuses on the need of mainstreaming this kind of researches and perspectives of study of this sector for the socially oriented sciences.

The proposed paper deals with the results of a sociological survey conducted in 2015 among the population identifying themselves as followers of the Christian faith in Ust-Kut city, Irkutsk region. It describes the demographic composition of those surveyed and analyzes preliminary data from the study. As the results show, there is a religious illiteracy among the followers of the Orthodox denomination, and commitment to all sorts of religious practices shall be declared more decorative rather than a deep awareness of the principles and tenets of faith. It is concluded that this may lead to the almost complete exclusion of the faith and to the entropy of society in the future.