Value-Religious Ideas about the Structure of the Regional Community
Research Article
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Yusupov M.M. Value-Religious Ideas about the Structure of the Regional Community. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2021. Vol. 10. No. 3. P. 112-127. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2021.3.9 (in Russ.).
Abstract
Objective of the study is to identify the value-religious beliefs of different national, socio-demographic groups and to reveal the dynamics of their changes in the conditions of conflict and post-conflict situation.
The methodological basis of the research was made up of socio-cultural and conflictological approaches, methods of sociological analysis, sociological surveys were conducted on a representative sample in 2003, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2018, the concept of «value-religious ideas» was operationalized.
Research results. In the article the level of religiosity of different ethnic groups of the population and the religious infrastructure is characterized, the inextricable link between ethnoculturalism and religiosity in Chechen identity is noted, the discrepancy between self-assessments of the individual significance of religious faith, ethnocultural norms and assessments of their social level in society is fixed. The dominance in the consciousness of some young people, the external side of religiosity, the influence of socio-cultural changes on religiosity and social behavior is emphasized. The turning points in the history of the region and the strategies for choosing the political and socio-cultural vector of the region’s development are compared. Valuable ideas about the structure of the republic are revealed, the choice of secularism and Islam in the structure of the regional community correlates with the respondents' preference for the status of the republic, adherence to national, traditional and civic values and norms. The sociological indicators of the attitude to the use of religious, civil, ethical principles and norms in the field of politics and economics are given, the invariability of the population's attitude to Wahhabism is noted. The author reveals the relationship between the authorities and religious institutions, highlights the main areas of activity of the clergy.Prospects of the study: it is considered to be expedient to continue the sociological monitoring of interrelation of power and religion, dynamics of changes of value-religious views and their influence on the social and political behavior.
Keywords:
values, religion, conflict, community, republic, tradition, power, post-conflict situation
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19. Maxwell, C.C. Musingafi, Mafumbate, Racheal, Khumalo, F. Thandi (2019). Traditional conflict management initiatives in Africa: Wellness models for southern Africa and the Zimbabwean crisis. Journal of Culture, Society and Development, 47, 60-67. DOI 10.7176/JCSD. Available at: http:// www.iiste.org.
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Received: 26.04.2021
Accepted: 29.07.2021
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Yusupov, M. M. (2021). Value-Religious Ideas about the Structure of the Regional Community. Humanities of the South of Russia, 10(3), 112-127. https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2021.3.9
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