Mariya A. Podlesnaya. Parish of the Russian Orthodox Church in different social-religious contexts

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Abstract

The paper deals with factors of social-religious context, which is understood as one caused by secular and modernization processes. In this regard modern approaches to secularization are distinguished, secularism typologies given by Berger P., Kazanova Kh. are described, an insight into secularization as a process started from changes in the Church itself suggested by Charles Taylor and John Milbank is given. Based on this, social-religious context factors are distinguished. We defined those factors as follows: philosophic-historical features, political will and decisions concerning religion, church’s and community’s economic life, countersecular forces, changes taking place within the Church. It allows us to proceed with the description of data of the “Parish of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russia and Abroad: Social Structure and Non-Liturgical Practices” empiric study, which was carried out in a number of countries and considers the life of Russian Orthodox Church parishes in different social-religious contexts. The paper addresses four social-religious contexts distinguished in the study – multi-religious, foreign confession, orthodox, Islamic and a short description of Russian Orthodox Church communities’ parish life features in each of them is given. 

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