2408-9338Research result. Sociology and Management2408-933810.18413/2408-9338-2016-2-3-11-19798SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE AND SPIRITUAL LIFETHE SOCIOLOGICAL DIMENSION OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY IN POLYETHNIC REGIONTHE SOCIOLOGICAL DIMENSION OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY IN POLYETHNIC REGIONBogatovaOlga AnatolyevnaBogatovaOlga Anatolyevnabogatovaoa@yandex.ruNational Research Ogarev Mordovia State University20162300

In the paper various sociological methodology and techniques of measurement of the religiousity, usable in regional sociological surveys are compared and evaluated in the aspect of their validity: the methodology accepted in the international researches, on the one hand, and the Post-Soviet techniques based on methodology of the Soviet sociology of religion as discipline originated under ideological influence of scientific atheism. The conclusion consists in the statement about the advantages of modern international sociological methodology and techniques as more relevant to a religious situation in the Russian society.

In the paper various sociological methodology and techniques of measurement of the religiousity, usable in regional sociological surveys are compared and evaluated in the aspect of their validity: the methodology accepted in the international researches, on the one hand, and the Post-Soviet techniques based on methodology of the Soviet sociology of religion as discipline originated under ideological influence of scientific atheism. The conclusion consists in the statement about the advantages of modern international sociological methodology and techniques as more relevant to a religious situation in the Russian society.

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