The problem of the typology of religions
The problem of the typology of religions created as a result of a comparative analysis based on various characteristics. Polytheistic. Monotheistic, dead, alive, written, unwritten. Typology of religions F.G.V. Hegel. Tribal, national and world religions. Comparative-historical paradigm in religious studies. "Religious rites and ceremonies of all the peoples of the world" P. Picard. Comparative Religious Studies of the XVIII century. Comparative Religious Studies of the 19th century. Comparative Religious Studies of the 12th c.
Analysis of the main approaches to the study of religion
Origin of religion. Main hypotheses (naturalistic, animistic, anthropological, social, hypothesis of proto-religion). The basic worldview systems (theism, deism, pantheism, atheism, polytheism, animism, totemism). Religious approach. Vision of the origin and essence of religion in Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. The problem is the existence of dogmatism. Christianity is the only dogmatically designed religious system. The dogma and the canon. Holy Scripture and Sacred Tradition. Types of definitions: a theological explanation (E. Treelch, R. Otto, PA Florensky, P.L. Berger, T. Lukman, etc.) philosophical (B. Spinoza, I. Kant, F.Gegel, L. Feuerbach And others), sociological (M. Weber, B. Malinovsky, E. Durkheim, T. Parsons, etc.) biological and psychological (W. James, L. Levy-Bruhl, Z. Freud, E. Fromm, K. G. Jung, etc.), the ethnological approach. Religion in the history of social and humanitarian thought: methodological aspects. Principles of scientific knowledge of religion.
Sociology of religion
The formation of the sociology of religion as a section of religious studies. Features of the sociological approach to religion. Societal foundations of religion. Structural functionalism in the sociology of religion. "Positive religion" O. Comte. Sociology of religion G. Spencer.
Sociological concepts
The essence of the political hypothesis. Sociological theories (M. Weber, E. Durkheim, G. Simmel). Structural and functional approach to religion.
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