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In this article the author analyzes the influence of amendments in the religious sphere of postsoviet society on strengthening anomie in it. Among factors, that influence anomie and characterizes the religious sphere state of the modern Russian society, he names the existence of many religious confessions due to missionery activities, traditional confession restoration (Orthodox, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Lutheranism), actualization of religious identity matter, phenomena of “out of confession heresy” and interrel...

In the passage into the third millennium, mankind has gone through many changes. Among them or together with them was noticed the belying of the “forecasts” about “the end of religion”. One can feel even the need to re-evaluate the role and the functions of religion worldwide, at a beginning of millennium in which the existential void represents a phenomenon in the information chaos, the confusion of values is much greater, and the sense of life and of the family is increasingly threatened. In front of these thing...

The article reports on results of field research conducted in the Siberian Arctic between 2010 and 2015. Field research was conducted at the place of compact residence of indigenous people: Evenks, Dolgans, Nganasans, Chulyms, Nenets people, and Selkup people. In addition to field research, methods of expert interview were applied, with representatives of the indigenous people of the Siberian Arctic, including scholars, community leaders, members of the business community, and local government officials acting as ...

The major research objective was to study the influence of the students’ religiosity on their moral consciousness. Religion has always been the most effective and widespread means of maintaining social order. It has played a variety of roles in different social contexts and, as a subsystem of society, changed along with it depending on the specific historical circumstances. In the socialist countries, positioning itself as atheistic, the level of religiosity of the population was extremely low. Currently, there is...

The educational system in Romania has known many transformations in the last 25 years of democracy. The orientation towards the European values, to multiculturalism, and also the liberalization of the work market, all in all let to a reevaluation of the domestic values and traditions. Family is one of the most important paradigms of establishment in this period of transition in the Romanian society. Without this important segment of our social existence the institutions implicated in the politics of education coul...

Background: As a result of globalization, borders between countries become only imaginary lines on the map. Due to this spontaneous uncontrolled process there is a blending of cultures whose philosophy can be more or less different from that of the majority society. The objective of this paper is to present partial results of the research grant project and to reflect on the finality of life in contemporary religious traditions. Methods: The research was funded with support of the Grant Agency of the University of ...

The article is devoted to the philosophical interpretation of the specifics of creativity of A.S. Pushkin, the famous poet and writer, one of the geniuses of the world culture. Pushkin didn’t leave his own philosophical legacy. However, his works inspired many philosophers, who understood its philosophical depths. This article examines the works of A. S. Pushkin through the prism of analysis of the creative heritage by the Russian philosophers abroad G. P. Fedotov, N.A.Berdyaev and I.A. Ilyin, as well as modern Ru...