Reflection of religion by modern Russian youth: towards the formulation of secondary hypotheses
(based on the materials of an interregional study)
The article is devoted to the study of a relatively little-studied component of the modern religious situation in terms of public consciousness – reflection of religion. The object of the study is Russian regional youth. On the basis of a quantitative study on an interregional sample (6 regions of 3 Federal Districts, N=580) the main cognitive, evaluative-emotional and practical-behavioural characteristics of young residents of Russian regions were revealed to a first approximation. Young people's ideas about religion were determined, for the most part, by an abstract functional cognitive frame that describes it as a purely macrosocial cultural phenomenon, without placing emphasis on the supernatural. A relatively small part of the youth contingent (10-20%) interprets religion in the key of “spirituality”, as a personal search for oneself, like-minded people and the main meanings of one’s own existence. In the evaluative-emotional plan, a neutral background predominates (about 1/2) with a noticeable positive tendency (up to 40%). In practical terms, the overwhelming majority of young residents of Russian regions (about 90%) present themselves in relation to religion reflexively, either completely distancing themselves from religious norms and rules of behavior, or accepting them selectively in the context of moral and ethical orientations.
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Lebedev, S. D. (2024), “Reflection of religion by modern Russian youth: towards the formulation of secondary hypotheses (based on the materials of an interregional study)”, Research Result. Sociology and Management, 10 (1), 28-39. DOI: 10.18413/2408-9338-2024-10-1-0-3
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