Religion in the Context of Post-Soviet Space: Searching of an Explanatory Models.

Authors

  • D. V. Myronovych Donetsk State University of Management

Keywords:

religious involvement, religiosity, sociology of religion, catholicism, orthodoxy, religious tradition, comparative studies

Abstract

This article consider the possibility to test the existing theories and the search for new conceptual solutions, inability (or poor ability) of measuring instruments to capture the specific sociocultural features in the study of religious phenomen.

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Published

25.03.2018

Issue

Section

Methodology of social researches