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Постсекулярное общество и религия: О необходимости взаимодействия…
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Postsecular society and religion:
On the necessity of interaction between social institutions
and religious organizations
© O.V. Chistyakova
RUDN University (Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia), Moscow, 117198, Russia
The article substantiates the necessity of interaction between social institutions and offi-
cially recognized major religious organizations, as dictated by the secular processes tak-
ing place in the Russian society. The author considers the idea of rationalizing the rela-
tions between religious and educational institutions. The study shows the contradictions
inherent in the processes taking place at the same time in the Russian society: its further
secularization contrasted with religion becoming more and more relevant as people in-
creasingly strive to establish their religious identity along with their other identities, such
as ethnic, civil or cultural. The author suggests consolidating secular and religious
knowledge by means of introducing new subjects into the process of education, said sub-
jects dealing with philosophical and religious matters, in particular, the heritage of the
Eastern Orthodox patristics. The author believes that it should be possible to rationally
combine the study of original Russian religious values and achievements of secular liber-
al arts so as to bridge the gap between education and nurture, making up for the loss in
continuity of the generational social memory observed in Russia over the last several
decades.
Keywords:
secularization, postsecular society, educational institution, social institutions,
rationalization, intercultural dialogue, interreligious communication, postmodern, East-
ern Orthodox patristics, nurture
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