2408-9338Research result. Sociology and Management2408-933810.18413/2408-9338-2014-1-2-5-17420SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE AND SPIRITUAL LIFERELIGIOSITY AND MULTICELTURALISM IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL SELF-PRESENTATION OF THE REGION (ON THE EXAMPLE OF REPUBLIC OF MORDOVIA)RELIGIOSITY AND MULTICELTURALISM IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL SELF-PRESENTATION OF THE REGION (ON THE EXAMPLE OF REPUBLIC OF MORDOVIA)BogatovaOlga AnatolyevnaBogatovaOlga Anatolyevnabogatovaoa@yandex.ruNational Research Ogarev Mordovia State University20141200

The article covers the social functions of post-Soviet religiosity in the aspect of its use for cultural «branding» of the region in the general context of «identity policy» in a typical «orthodox» region of Russia – Republic of Mordovia and their interaction with some other functions of these organizations in the context of the discussion on the «secularization/desecularization» problem in contemporary Russia.

The article covers the social functions of post-Soviet religiosity in the aspect of its use for cultural «branding» of the region in the general context of «identity policy» in a typical «orthodox» region of Russia – Republic of Mordovia and their interaction with some other functions of these organizations in the context of the discussion on the «secularization/desecularization» problem in contemporary Russia.

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