The Intercession of the Theotokos as a holiday widely celebrated by the Russian Orthodox Church. Rescue of the Byzantine city by the intercession of the Virgin Mary. Features of the celebration of the Intercession in the Russian Church at all times.
Controversy between Karaite Judaism and Christianity, widespread in the Polish-Lithuanian territories of Eastern Europe. Analysis of historical, theological aspects of Isaac Troki's book "Hizzuk Emun" through the prism of Martin Chekhovitz's book.
Reconstruction of religious models of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Analysis of the multi-plot of Olympic mythology. Reflection of the unity of heaven in conceptually different anthropological paradigms. Reasons for the Reformation and cannabis.
Depicted how Hebrew and Christian communities viewed the life of carnal Esau and the righteous Patriarch Jacob. show from a theological point of view how human desire, mindset and free will influence human behavior and predetermined the outcome of life.
Examination of the myth of Pygmalion in the work of Andre-Francois Bouraud-Delland and Jean-Jacques Rousseau as a metaphor for the modern subject, which emphasizes the ambivalence of the age of modernity. The main educational versions of the myth.
The Influence of Greek Science to Western Science. The assimilation of Greek philosophy, science in the West under the right historical spirit. The Greek idea of the Polis, which remains first, as the supreme form of human living according to Aristotle.
Consideration of the use of the concept "nations" in the book of Psalms on the basis of the achievements of modern biblical studies. The structure and theological design of the Psalter. A study of the narrative nature of the books of the Old Testament.
Religious movements as a tool for political change. Consideration of religion in the context of time and place. Understanding and application of Shariah religious norms. The problems of modern muslim thinking from the pragmatic purposes of Sharia.
The article analyzes the main trends in the historiography of the Oxford movement in the Church of England. The article aims to analyze the works of the authors who reviewed the history of the Oxford movement in the context of the evolution of the Church.
Religion and christianity, has always been the source of the meaning of life for its followers. On the value bases of the national ideology of Russia. The basics of the teaching of the russian orthodox church on dignity, freedom and human rights.
Preceding the Religion of India - to India, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism, as the main rank of their own principles of peaceful connection and non-violence. Characteristics of victories in traditions in the process of modern development of the India.
Importance for missionary understanding of the cultural specifics of each country from a Protestant point of view. Christ as the center of missionary activity, the principles of the character of the evangelist Approach to religion in different countries.
Consideration of legal doctrines and madhhabs of the Muslim world. Disclosure of the meaning and role of the Quran in Islamic law. Using a comparative method to analyze differences in the interpretation of the Quran between Sunni and Shiite exegetes.
Vatican – the spiritual center of Catholicism. The main support for the institution of the Pope is the Secretariat of State. The composition of the administration of the Catholic Church and the Vatican. The Pope received the right to decide any question.
The problem of the correlation between Islam and secularization. Theoretical level of analysis the ideas of P. Berger, B. Wilson. The major features of the secularization paradigm. Islamic religious teaching and social structures of Muslim societies.
Study of the influence of the biblical Greek language on theology of Martin Luther. Every translation like the interpretation and at the same time exegesis. Analysis of the most modern exegetical tool that Luther used in rendering the New Testament.
The reasons for the emergence and development of Islamic fundamentalism, its struggle with the Western liberal world. Implementation and adaptation in new territories of its representatives. Propaganda of anti-Western ideas, a radical version of Islam.
Presentation of selected issues concerning organisational structure, institutions and clergy of Uniate Eparchy of Chelm. Consideration of the changes introduced by the tsarist authorities in the post-rebellion period, which violated established order.
The spread of Christianity and monasticism in the North of Russia with the help of the Valaam Monastery. Drawing up the initial charter of Sarov in 1706. Hospice building for poor Finns. Study of the glory of the high spiritual life of the monastery.
Study of the interpretation of war and peace in religious doctrines. Analysis of the problem of war and peace in the context of the theory of "ambivalence of the sacred" in historical retrospect, with the help of religious documents, catechisms.
Assessment of the reliability of myths. Agnosticism of Plato and Socrates. Classification and epistemological status of myths according to the teachings of philosophers. Difference of theological myths from etiological, eschatological and normative ones.
An interpretation of the Christian legend expressed in terms of Christian ideology and philosophy. Historical realities of Bohemia and Moravia. Keep promises about Christianity and its role. An in-depth study of the thematic construction of the legend.
- 233. World religions
Religion is a cultural system of behaviors and practices, world views, sacred texts, holy places, ethics, and societal organisation that relate humanity to what an anthropologist has called "an order of existence". Islam. Christianity. Judaism. Buddhism.
Cults of local deities, many of which date back to the Song and Yuan dynasties in the former Changshu county of Jiangsu province in China. Comparison of written materials related to the cult of the deity Zhou. Differences between elite and common cults.
Social transformations of the Russian history of the XX-XXI centuries, their influence on the religious consciousness of the nation. The role of religion in the socialization of young people, its transition from indirect forms to legal manifestations.
Изучение истории одержимой больной девушки, ставшей основой двух художественных фильмов. Анализ беспрецедентного судебного процесса над двумя католическими священниками, которые обвинялись в смерти молодой девушки А. Михель. Рассмотрение позиции церкви.
Исследование проблемы преемственности между богословскими сочинениями Дионисия Ареопагита и философским наследием концепции А.Ф. Лосева. Описание ключевых вопросов православной ангелологии, традиции которой восходят к трактату "О небесной иерархии".
Проведение исследования теории мифа А.Ф. Лосева и выделение феноменологического уровня описания мифа. Особенность рассмотрения естественной способности к смысловому обобщению как свойства мышления, которое лежит в основе мифологического обобщения.
Изучение истории взаимоотношений аббатства Клюни и аббатства Рединг. Анализ документов Картулярия Редингского аббатства. Обзор вопросов о статусе этого монастыря по отношению к Клюни. Характеристика их взаимосвязи в период становления общины в Рединге.
Определение и виды аборта. Религиозный аспект и отношение религий мира к проблеме абортов. Отражение религиозного взгляда на статус эмбриона в различных культурах. Естественнонаучный взгляд на возникновение и развитие (онтогенез) человеческой жизни.